[comp.os.os9] OS9, OS9000 for NeXT

wildi@urz.unibas.ch (04/05/91)

Hello,

is it planned to port either OS9 or OS-9000 to the Next Computer
family ?

Wildi

Markus Wildi, Physikalisches Institut, CH 4058 Basel, Switzerland

bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) (04/09/91)

In article <1991Apr5.075344.1486@urz.unibas.ch> wildi@urz.unibas.ch writes:
>is it planned to port either OS9 or OS-9000 to the Next Computer
>family ?

Both OS-9 and OS-9000 can run on the 68040 - there is no technical obstacle
to this being done.

Future product plans are determined based on customer interest - please
contact your local Microware rep and make your wishes known.  (Your post
here also serves that purpose, but a direct conversation may be impart
more information).

>Markus Wildi, Physikalisches Institut, CH 4058 Basel, Switzerland


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jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) (04/10/91)

In article <1837@mwca.UUCP> bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) writes:
+
+Both OS-9 and OS-9000 can run on the 68040 - there is no technical obstacle
+to this being done.

How do you handle transendental FLOPS (I like the sound of that)
which are not implemented on the 68040 chip. Do you have a
math40.traplib or the like?

Also do you need a new kernel to handle the 40, i.e. if you have a
30 kernel is that enough for now.
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