kellogg@PRODIGAL.PSYCH.ROCHESTER.EDU (Lars Kellogg-Stedman) (10/20/90)
What PC's based on the 680x0 line of processors exist, besides the Mac,
Amiga, and Sun computers? I've heard of some, and I've heard of OS-9, but
I have yet to see one.
Are they any good? Can they be found anywhere? Are they affordable?
Is OS-9, as an operating system, any good?
Lars
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-=- | I'm rarely responsible for what I say, do you think anybody else is? rh2y+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Russell E. Hoffman, II") (10/20/90)
> is OS-9, as an operating system, any good?
Well, yeah, we (OS-9 <ab>users) seem to think so. Check out comp.os.os9
and see for yourself.
OS9/68000 is real-time, multi-user,multitasking. It is very small
and relatively fast. (Kernal is only about 48K) It supports any number
of various I/O devices such as SCSI, DMA, ST-506, and anything else you can
probably think of. Windowing environments exist on those computers that have
graphics capability. Support is fantastic. You can often talk to Microware
employees themselves on the Internet and get your most complex questions
answered. Facilities exist for Ethernet support, UUCP, ARCnet, and other
Unix-type stuff. Mind you, OS9 is NOT a Unix clone. There are some things
OS9 can do that UNIX can NOT do (or at least not do very well). Granted,
there are still a few things UNIX can do that aren't so easy to do in OS9, but
those are mostly things you don't really end up doing in most OS9 environments
anyway. OS9 is (sort of) targeted at small multiuser setups (like maybe 1 to
say 32 users or so.) Most systems that run OS9 come out of the package with
the ability to support four users on serial ASCII terminals. For any more
details, contact Microware at:
Microware Systems Corporation
1866 N.W. 114th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50322
(515) 224-1929
Disclaimer: I do not work for Microware, I am just a very satisfied customer.
Russell Hoffman
Carnegie Mellon University
rh2y+@andrew.cmu.edu