scottc@jolnet.UUCP (Scott Craig) (07/10/88)
Will all of the software that runs on the 3B1 also work without modification on a 7300? If it won't, how many modifications are usually needed? Will 7300 software also work on a 3B1 unmodified? These questions are mainly referring to source code and compiling them on either machine. But, since I'm mentioning it now, how about compiled code also. mit-eddie!killer!jolnet!scottc scottc@jolnet.UUCP
isaac@gethen.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch) (07/17/88)
In article <630@jolnet.UUCP>, scottc@jolnet.UUCP (Scott Craig) writes: > > Will all of the software that runs on the 3B1 also work without > modification on a 7300? There are technically erudite people who probably have already posted more useful answers than I can offer. But I just want to point out that the "3B1" label is pure marketing eyewash. Long before the 7300 (previously known as the Unix PC, before that known as the Safari 4, before that known as MicroFrame), indeed back when they were a utility and not allowed to sell computers except to companies connected to the Bell System, ATT's 3B series was a line of micros and minis. The micros CPU was a proprietary chip. Calling one of the versions of the 7300 the "3B1" was very misleading because *it* is based on the Motorola 68010. But the name gave the illusion of a dovetailed product. I suppose they had the same idea in mind when the called another version the "7300", to be sold with the 6300, and equally dissimilar machine.