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In article <1993Jan13.023431.14479@choate.edu> lancelot@spock.uucp (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
>In article <1993Jan9.214255.26478@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
>>In article <93010913477@erato.iowa-city.ia.us> jdb@erato.iowa-city.ia.us (John D. Boggs) writes:
>>>
>>>I can't find anything in the FAQ about compatibility, so I'll offer up
>>>a question to the net at large.
>>>
>>>I want to be able to run WordPerfect on a unix box at home, and the good
>>>folks at WordPerfect Corporation have apparently never heard of 386BSD.
>>>So, is 386BSD binary compatible with the commercial flavor of Unix (what
>>>is that, system 5?)  Has anyone got WordPerfect running on 386BSD?
>>
>>Nope, not yet; the only binaries that will run on 386BSD that were compiled
>>to run on another box are the Mach BNR2SS binaries.  Unfortunately, the
>
>BSD/386 binaries won't run?  Why not?

1)	WordPerfect isn't ported to BSD/386.

2)	It's the 12th.  On the 15th, the Judge will rule on BSDi's response
	to AT&T's request for an injunction on sales.  The outcome will
	probably effect the likelihood of a port.

3)	The console driver incompatabilities are true of a BSD/386 to
	386/BSD compatability for WordPerfect, which over-does the console
	code to look as much as possible like you are on a PC.

4)	The BSD/386 being sold is still beta and thus does not qualify as
	a commercial UNIX (hopefully this will be corrected soon).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
					terry_lambert@novell.com
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