hall@ittral.UUCP (Doug Hall) (04/15/85)
I've seen several references in this group about 68000 board level systems, and they refer to OS-9 as the operating system. I assume this is the same OS-9 I've heard about from the 6809 folks. At any rate, I can't seem to find out much about it, and my local bookstores don't have any books on it. Anybody know where I can get info on this OS? I'm quite interested in a 68000 system, and the system mentioned from Hazelwood recently sounds good. I understand that OS-9 is 'Unix-like' in many respects. Is this true? Any info would be appreciated. Another 68000 board from Emerald was mentioned, but the person I spoke with at Emerald said it won't be available for a month or two. Seems they were a bit hasty in their announcment or something. The folks at Hazelwood claim that they ARE shipping, and I have some info coming on that system. Doug Hall, ITT Raleigh, NC "Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left..."
mbk@denning.uucp (Mark Kadonoff) (04/19/85)
We're using OS-9 on a STD-bus 68008 system. The product is a mobile robot for security applications. All of our navigation software is developed on an 11/750, and cross-compiled for the 68008. Except for a few system calls, plus some compiler limitations, C source code is compatible between 4.2 and OS-9. You can get info on OS-9 from Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa 515-224-1929. Also, anyone interested in knowing more about Denning can request literature from myself (by e-mail) or Benjamin Wellington at 617-935-4840. This is not an advertisement or endorsement for Microware Systems Corp., or Denning Mobile Robotics, Inc. -- Mark Kadonoff UUCP: decvax!linus!security!denning!mbk Denning Mobile Robotics, Inc. ARPA: denning!mbk@CMU-RI-ROVER