testuser@athena.mit.edu (A Test User) (10/21/89)
I have a COCOIII w/ 2 5-1/4" drives and OS9LII. My problem is that I'm quite used to Unix, and want OS9 to behave more like the environment I'm used to. As soon as possible (money, ha! Vee don't need no stinking money... ;) I'm going to get a hard-drive and start building up the neccessary software, perhaps even culminating in Unix for the COCOIII (would that make the COCO the lowest price UNIX-box?) Before I start, however, I would like to know what exists in the Public domain? MAJOR INTRESTS: 1. C-compiler! 2. Std-unix-like utilites (a real shell wouldn't hurt) 3. Windowing (no, I don't expect X). Next, I know the COCOIII can do a-lot, however (even though I've hacked around in assembly on the machine and can quote it's innards in hex...) I'm not quite certain of the restraints that are placed on me by OS9LII. Particular Questions: 1. Any chance that I could Kludge out a vmOS9 in THIS life? 2. How readily can I play with the MMU from OS9? 3. What kind of PD libraries exist out there? 4. How real is the IPC under OS9? 5. Is there anyone at any of the relevant companies that is a reliable source of info on such things? (on the net?) Thanks for any/all help...... -AJS(Harmil) ---- sig-and-sig what is sig?