jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) (10/16/90)
In article <1990Oct15.210438.27907@cbnewse.att.com> cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) writes: >In article <33336@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright) writes: >> I have a peer that has been telling me about a new system to be coming >> out soon that runs OS/9. It has/or is going to have a windowing type inter- >> face. It will have a 256 color display at some fairly high resolution out >> of a total palette of 16 million colors. >There was a MM froont end for OS-9 for Industria;lProcess Control >Initially called RAVE. I don't know if this implements RAVE in a >box system or not but those OS-9 guys are sharp and RAVE is 2-4 years old... An OS-9 knowledgable friend of mine recently mentioned that there was now some sort of "standard" windowing interface for OS-9. Also, since OS-9 has been recently ported to the Int*l chip line (why?!?), you might start seeing a *lot* of new OS-9 stuff. Personally, I want OS-9 for my A2000. Any idea where I can get it? -- J. Eric Townsend Internet: jet@uh.edu Bitnet: jet@UHOU Systems Manager - University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics - (713) 749-2120 EastEnders list: eastender@karazm.math.uh.edu Skate UNIX(r)
spam@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Charles E. Watson) (10/16/90)
The new OS9 box is a 68k called the MM/1. The people who are putting it out are called Kenneth-Leigh Enterprizes. If you want specs and other info call 1(800)866-9084
timha@microsoft.UUCP (Tim HARRIS) (10/22/90)
In article <1990Oct16.062145.21404@lavaca.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes: >In article <1990Oct15.210438.27907@cbnewse.att.com> cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) writes: >>In article <33336@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright) writes: >>> I have a peer that has been telling me about a new system to be coming >>> out soon that runs OS/9. It has/or is going to have a windowing type inter- >>> face. It will have a 256 color display at some fairly high resolution out >>> of a total palette of 16 million colors. > >>There was a MM froont end for OS-9 for Industria;lProcess Control >>Initially called RAVE. I don't know if this implements RAVE in a >>box system or not but those OS-9 guys are sharp and RAVE is 2-4 years old... > RAVE is a graphics user interface for OS-9 and is not really a windowing interface in the likes of X-Windows, MS Windows, AmigaDOS or the MacOS. RAVE gives the programmer the capability to do some overlapping windows for dialog boxes or pop-up/pull-down menus but does not directly support multi-tasking/overlapping windows. You do get to do applications which run on multiple screens and have the ability to do image based controls, menus and indicators which is all you need for a process control interface. Tim Harris