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- From: rkh@ucs.att.com (Bob Halloran)
- Subject: Re: SPARCClassic
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.213456.4551@ucs.att.com>
- Organization: AT&T Universal Card Services, Jacksonville FL
- References: <1dpbvnINN1j5@almaak.usc.edu> <hanson.721434952@pogo> <1992Nov12.180856.3446@megatek.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:34:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov12.180856.3446@megatek.com> astewart@megatek.com writes:
- >>Both the classic and the LX REQUIRE solaris 2.1. If you
- >>want to run 4.1.X you still gotta buy the old machines.
- >>ALl the older machines remain in the line for the time
- >>being. I got the impression this was to accomodate those
- >>who don't want to move to 2.1.
- >
- >Wait a minute! WHAT! I must be misunderstanding something here. What
- >happened to binary compatibility? I'm not committed to Solaris 2 (yet).
- >One of the reasons I want a SUN is to have the option of 4.1.x or
- >try the new Solaris 2.x. Someone please explain/verify.
- >The LX won't run 4.1.x (solaris 1.0)?
-
- The PROMs are set up to deal with the SVr4/Solaris2 file system formats.
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- The boxes are obviously a carrot to draw the market to Solaris 2.x.
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- Bob Halloran
- AT&T Universal Card
- Jacksonville FL
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- rkh@ucs.att.com
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