gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) (05/13/88)
Dion_L_Johnson@cup.portal.com wrote: > Finally, > will the (someday) coming of widespread binary compatibility among > at least some classes of systems affect the acceptance of binary > distribution? We will find out, I guess. The main problem is that the "Application Binary Interfaces" come one-per-CPU-maker. There are still hundreds of CPU makers' users represented on the Usenet. Just for grins, I grepped out all the system types from the uucp maps and tried to uniq them down to a small list; I got 1566 different types, which manual editing got down to a list of 225 types, presented below for your edification. I'm sure it could be pared further; I tended to assume that different models from the same manufacturer were compatible, but in some cases I didn't; and I'm sure I didn't eliminate all the different IBM PC clones. Note that a few years from now, when the source and binary standards are settled and implemented, that there might only be half as many entries here. But will *every* 68000 box maker convert to the new format? Even the ones who are still shipping their original Unisoft or Xenix port from years ago? 32000 68000 68020 abc 9000 abcenix/dnix 5.12 accell scx-20 acer 1100 aeon:332/at genix system v.3 alliant fx/8 alr 386/2 alspa computer aci-2ds altos x86 altos 68000 altos 68020 amdahl amiga apollo apple lisa apple mac ii apple macintosh/xl apricot xen (80286) arete at&t 3b1 at&t 3b15 at&t 3b2 at&t 3b20 at&t 3b2400 at&t 3b5 atari st cadmus callan unistar 300 cci power 5/32 cci power 6/32 ccur 3230 cds 3311 celerity cimlinc 68000 cimlinc 68020 clerc/sysv.2 clipper system v.3 codata 3300 concurrent (perkin-elmer) 3210 contel codata 3300 convergent technologies megaframe convergent technologies mightyframe convergent technologies miniframe convex counterpoint 19k courier 9030 applications processor crds universe 68 cromemco cs-300 cubix unixv custom 68010 based custom 80386 custom research and development 386 cyb multibox cyb workmate ii data general mv/series datamedia 1620 datamedia 932 (mc68010) dec lsi 11/23 dec lsi-11/73 dec microvax dec pdp 11/34 dec pdp-11/23 dec pdp-11/44 pdp 11/45 pdp-11/60 dec pdp-11/70 dec pdp-11/73 dec pdp11/83 dec pdp11/84 pdp11/24 / rsx-11m 4.0 dec vax decsystem 1091 delta 2616 w/system v/68 r3.4 diab ds90 (zilog z8001 based)/xenix ver 2 ds90 dsi32 dual system corp dy4 dsm6816 edge model 500 eltec - sys 5.3 elxsi 6400 elxsi system 6400 encore multimax enmasse ecs1000 equity ii exxon 8421 exxon/zilog model 11+ flexible computer corporation flex/32 fortune 32:16 geac concept 9000 gec series 63 genroco python/32b (nsc32032) gould powernode goupil gr 2720 (68000) grc python gsm-3068 harris hcx hb68-multics (smtp via irisa) (machine unix en juin 88) hcx-7 hcx/ux 2.3 heathkit-h100 heurikon hewlett packard 9000 model 840 hewlett-packard 9000/320 home brew mc68020 honeywell bull xps-100 model 20 m68020 based unix system 5.2 ibc ensign ii ibm mainframe ibm 5170 w/afterburners ibm 6150 / aix 2.1.1 ibm pc & clones ibm pc/at & clones ibm ps/2 ibm rt/pc ibm series 1 ibm9002 icl clan icon 3000 in4200/inix (system v) integrated solutions intel 286/310 intel 286/310-140 intel 286/380 system intel 80286 intel 80386 interpro 32c (clipper) intersystems s100 z8000 jcs 184 (68000) logic process mpulse 020 logix 386 macintosh ii macintosh se masscomp matra ms 1326 microforce motorola 68000 micromega microproject vme/3b (we321sb) computer. mini6 mips m500 mixture/ system v.2 (uniplus+) mizar matrix68k momentum 32/e / siii momentum hawk 32 motorola computer systems multibus development system mupid c2a2/cept 2.2 my 32 (ns32000) nabu 1600 national semiconductor icm nbi ncr tower nokia ux-2 (honeywell x20) northern telecom meridian dv-1 olivetti onyx orion1 4.2bsd own hardware pacific pm200 parallel xr300 pcs cadmus perkin-elmer philips p9300 / mpx 2.10 (x/open) pixel plessey 11/23 plexus prime pyramid quotron q1000 radio shack model 16b rc39 xenix 3 ridge 32 s 1500 sagem sbull sps9 sci 1000 sequent balance 21000 sequent balance 8000 siemens mx500 silicon graphics iris sm90 bull smx version 5.1 sms 83-3 sms1000/venix sord m680ux/unix v.1 spectrix series-30 sperry sps7 spix 5 stratus xa stride micro sun-2 sun-3 sun-4 symmetric s/375 synergy syntronics general development tool (gdt) tandem lxn running unix system v 2.2 tandy 6000 targon tei / compupro 68k s-100 system tektronix tektronix 8560 (lsi-11/23) tektronix stratos 6130 telmat sm90 thomson micromega 32 (v7) tolerant systems tom 4200 tranfor mb386/20 xenix v.2.2.1 unicorn 10m unigraph sysv.2 + nfs unisys 1100 unisys 5000 unisys 7000 valid scald-iv viasyn 68k vme-bus development system wang vs85 wavemate bullet-atx wcw mg-1 we32000 wicat xyv-3 zilog system 8000 -- John Gilmore {sun,pacbell,uunet,pyramid,ihnp4}!hoptoad!gnu gnu@toad.com "Use the Source, Luke...."