SUMMARY: Can SunView apps run under Solaris 2.3? (answer: No!)

From: Joel L. Seber ... CH210 (JLS2013@tntech.edu)
Date: Sat May 07 1994 - 09:54:35 CDT


My original query:

>Setup: Sun Sparc 1,1+,2,IPC,Classic; at least 16MB RAM; at least 200MB
> local hard disk space; networked; Solaris 2.3 fully installed on
> one test machine
>
>Question: Is there any support for pre-compiled SunView apps (no source
> code available) under Solaris 2.3? I can't find it if it
> exists, but maybe someone else has. The Solaris FAQ states that
> the OS has none. Perhaps someone has written something for the
> public domain or commercially... You never know till you ask!
>
> I will summarize.

The concensus is that Solaris 2.3 has no SunView support. Sorry, folks...

Thanks to the following:

path@dnt.dialog.com Patrick Humphrey
lb25@bullwinkle.mgh.harvard.edu Laurence Baxter
casper@fwi.uva.nl Casper Dik
sdillman@tech.concorde.com Sean Dillman

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