From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 17:39:13 -0400
From: serge@euler.Berkeley.EDU serge@euler.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: remote device access
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>the machine architectures are often not the same, so in general a
>precompiled driver isn't much use off its own machine.

You mean the whole world isn't a VAX ... er, I mean a PeeCee?  :-)

This wouldn't be any different from, e.g. a PC client/terminal getting
its (PC) binaries from a, say, SGI server (c.f. /386/bin/rc), etc.
Wouldn't it?