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- From: wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: LX/LC running Solaris 1.x
- Message-ID: <WBE.93Jan9195105@crystal.bbn.com>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 00:51:05 GMT
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- In-reply-to: kbibb@maui.qualcomm.com's message of Sun, 3 Jan 1993 20:57:42 GMT
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- steele@icd.teradyne.com (Alan Steele) said:
- >If what has been said here is true, then SunExpert magazine is probably
- >only going to add to the confusion with their article on the classic/LX
- >in the Dec. 1992 issue. On p. 6, they say:
-
- >"Rumor has it that the machine *will* run with Solaris 1.x, but very
- >slowly at best."
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- kbibb@maui.qualcomm.com (Ken Bibb) replied:
- *sigh* Once again, Per *has actually tried this*. SPARCclassics will
- *NOT* run Solaris 1.x.
-
- Winston Edmond replies (with a smile):
- Not so fast! If "very slowly at best" includes VERY, VERY slowly, they might
- be right. "All" that's needed is a sun4c (or sun4m) emulator in software
- that will run on the LX. If it accurately simulates enough of the hardware,
- it COULD run any SunOS or application program that ran on a real sun4c --
- very, very slowly. :-)
- -WBE
-
- P.S. Anyone think a factor of 1:1000 is unattainable?
-