Lawrence Walker wrote:
>
> On 16 Oct 98 at 6:53, Allison J Parent wrote:
>
> > < I think only the CoCos could use OS9
> >
> > Coco's were not even intel powered. The CPU was the 6809, they were
> > plastic cased and bore no resembelence to the Tandy 1000(series) or
> > 2000(series).
> >
> > Coco's ran a resident basic and if you had a disk interface/drive OS9
> > was available.
> >
> > Allison
> >
> Yep, I have the 3 models of CoCo as well as the 1000SX. I was commenting on
> Russ Blakeman's msg. I'm still looking for the interface and drives so I can
> use my m.2 and m.3 to check out OS9. I don't think m.1 can use it. There seems
> to be a respectable amount of software that supports OS9.
> ISTR also that there were other platforms that used it . Any idea what they
> were ?
OS-9 Level One ran on all sorts of MC6809 boxes, from SWTPC on.
There were a number of hardware vendors that specialised in it,
one of the most notable being Gimix -- very nice cubes before the
NeXt. OS-9 Level Two requires at least 128k on the Color Computer
I don't know the requirements on other hardware. I've never run
OSK (OS-9 68000), though I know there were ports to Amiga and
Atari ST hardware among others. The Intel port I know little
about.
The Philips "standalone" CDROM systems that hook to a television
have a rommed OS-9 system embedded.
The newsgroup comp.os.os9 is still alive, though I have to browse
it through Dejanews, my ISP's newsfeed being worse than ever.
--
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When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me. I said "Well, what do you need?" -- Steven Wright
Received on Fri Oct 16 1998 - 22:32:01 BST