I think that NT Server is the only supported version for non-Intel. The specific problem with this is that none of the office products were ever ported. They only work on Intel, and Alpha (Which has an Intel emulator built into the ROM). In fact, most software for Windows only works on Intel. This is probably one reason that Microsoft has given up on the other architectures.
-----Original Message----- From: John Summerfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 7:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wine on Linux for S/390 On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Richard Troth wrote: > What WINE does is intercept the Windows system calls. > (gross simplification) WINE runs on any x86 Unix because they > share the same instruction set. The Windows programs execute > whatever x86 code they contain, but when a system call is made > it traps to WINE and is handled with Unix resouces. > > WINE does not run on just any Linux because the > instruction set must be x86. Gotta be Linux on a PC. I wonder whether that is actually true. I have a Windows NT 4 CD here someplace, and as I recall it supports two architectures. I don't recall whether the other is Alpha or Sparc or something else. According to the book, it supports MIPS 4X00, Alpha, PowerPC. Wine itself might port quite easily. Actually getting the proprietary applications to run might be more challenging. > > WINE also does not cover all of the Windows system. > There are a lot of Windows programs that won't work > because they can't find what they need because the WINE growers > haven't been able to reverse engineer that part of Windows yet. > I thinkthe problem is a lot tougher even than SAMBA w/r/t rev eng. That's logical: Samba only implements a small part of the total Winows API, and that part has some commonality with OS/2. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
