Hi,
Are we talking about the same system here? I can run my Win95 and often my DOS binaries unmodified on the latest Windows. A Linux binary from 1996 stands *zero* *chance* of running unmodified on the latest Linux.
Just for fun, on a Debian Sid
modprobe binfmt_aout
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-3.3/slakware/a5/ldso.tgz ldso.tgz 190 KB 09.08.1997 00:00:00
$ usr/bin/ldd -v usr/bin/ldd: version 1.9.5
Easy, static binary (and 1997).
apt-get install ldso libc5
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-3.3/contrib/cvs-1.8.1.tgz cvs-1.8.1.tgz 226 KB 18.06.1996 00:00:00
More fun, with dynamic library.
$ usr/bin/ldd usr/bin/cvs libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x40017000) $ usr/bin/cvs -v
Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.8.1 (client/server)
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