arc for os9/68k

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#183

From: wes cobb
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1988 15:25

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> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 88 08:27 EDT
> From: Stride 440 User <HELLER@cs.umass.edu>
> Subject: RE: ARC for OS-9/68K
> To: info-68k@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
> X-Vms-To: IN%"info-68k@ucbvax.berkeley.edu"
>
> There was mention of a port of MS-DOS ARC 5.12 to OS-9 on BIX.  I think
> the port was completed, but am not sure.  Porting ARC to a non-8086ish
> CPU is not easy (it is loaded with 8086ish dependencies), so the port
> might not be complete and it is un-likely that a port of the newwer
> version (5.20) will be done...

hunh!  well all i can say is that i *have* an executable on my system
that was ported from UNIX SYSV ARC V5.12 -- and it runs just fine
under OSK.  it also generates archives that are a hell of a lot smaller
than the ones AR makes.

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wes cobb
physics dept.
brandeis university
waltham, mass 02254

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