toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (05/10/89)
I got interested in os9 about a month ago but just recently someone told me they'd heard of a version that ran on the apple //. I know there are 6809 and 68k versions, but has anyone else heard of a 6502 version for the apple? any leads would be greatly appreciated. toddpw @ caltech.bitnet toddpw @ romeo.caltech.edu
jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) (05/15/89)
In article <10626@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: >I got interested in os9 about a month ago but just recently someone told me >they'd heard of a version that ran on the apple //. I know there are 6809 and >68k versions, but has anyone else heard of a 6502 version for the apple? Chances are what the person was referring to was OS-9 running on a 6809 coprocessor board called The Mill, produced by a company called Stellation, that plugs into the Apple ][. James Jones
matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun Visualization Products) (05/15/89)
In article <10626@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: | I got interested in os9 about a month ago but just recently someone told me | they'd heard of a version that ran on the apple //. I know there are 6809 and | 68k versions, but has anyone else heard of a 6502 version for the apple? | | any leads would be greatly appreciated. | | toddpw @ caltech.bitnet | toddpw @ romeo.caltech.edu I doubt that there is a 6502 version of OS9, but there was a 6809 co-processor card made that could probably run OS9. It treated the Apple ][ in much the same fashion as the Z80 Softcard, running CP/M. -- Matthew Lee Stier | Sun Microsystems --- RTP, NC 27709-3447 | "Wisconsin Escapee" uucp: { sun, mcnc!rti }!sunpix!matthew | phone: (919) 469-8300 fax: (919) 460-8355 |
knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) (05/17/89)
In article <10626@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>, toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: > I got interested in os9 about a month ago but just recently someone told me > they'd heard of a version that ran on the apple //. I know there are 6809 and > 68k versions, but has anyone else heard of a 6502 version for the apple? You can't run any real OS on the 6502 :-). What you heard involves a plug-in 6809 board called "The Mill" from a company whose name I forget (and who is probably history by now anyway). There was a good version of OS-9 Level 1 for the card, and someone posted here a few years back about getting one so he could run a good Pascal on his Apple. Advertize around and maybe you can find a Mill card and software. I doubt whether it supported any graphics routines; for those you'll just have to walk to the local RadShack and get a modern toy computer :-). Note that folks used to plug Z80 cards into Apples to run CP/M (gag -- choke -- but it was a step up from AppleDOS I guess). mike k -- Mike Knudsen Bell Labs(AT&T) att!ihlpl!knudsen Round and round the while() loop goes; "Whether it stops," Turing says, "no one knows!"
dnelson@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Dru Nelson) (05/18/89)
in article <1172@mcrware.UUCP>, jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) says: > > Chances are what the person was referring to was OS-9 running on a 6809 > coprocessor board called The Mill, produced by a company called Stellation, > that plugs into the Apple ][. > > James Jones This company still exists. They sell the Level I os9 system with a card. It is a good price. I don't have the phone # but they are in California (big help, huh). I reviewed one for a bit and found out how used to Level II you can get. -- Dru Nelson UUCP: ....!uunet!gould!umbio!dnelson Miami, Florida MCI: dnelson Internet: dnelson%umbio@umigw.miami.edu