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- From: stanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Stan Bischof)
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:42:35 GMT
- Subject: Re: What is the 7xx series compatible with ?
- Message-ID: <430135@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- References: <1992Aug26.233148.28230@infonode.ingr.com>
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- In comp.sys.hp, steve-t@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Steve Taylor) writes:
-
- >In comp.sys.hp, stanb@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Stan Bischof) writes:
- >| Aside from some binaries compiled on an 800 running on a 700 there is
- >| essentially no compatibility.
-
- Well- after receiving some new (and welcome) information, it turns out that
- there can be a lot more compatibility than there used to be. It is
- possible (see details in some of the other replies) to compile code on a
- 700 that will run on both 700 and 800!
-
- This is of course very useful in mixed environments.
-
- And like I mentioned before, 800 code can generally be run on a 700, which
- means that the compatibility between 700 and 800 is actually quite high.
-
- And of course the 300/400 are VERY highly compatible under HPUX.
-
- Now- if we were ever able to converge on a single architecture and
- operating system I guess the compiler folks could REALLY make things
- compatible!
-
- Stan Bischof
- HPSR
-
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- Still of course just my personal opinion and in no way should it
- be construed as the opinion or response of Hewlett-Packard,
- my employer. I don't design these things- just use them.
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