t-stephp@microsoft.UUCP (Stephen Poole) (10/12/88)
I would appreciate any information you OS9ers could give me about OS9 and the Macintosh II. Are there any versions of OS9 which run on the Mac? And, being almost completely ignorant about OS9 except for what I've heard in relation to the CoCo running it, how does it differ from Unix? Would a Mac II OS9 be vastly superior to A/UX? BTW, I find it amusing in light of the fact that OS9 has been around for quite a while that the Hot New Thing from MS is named OS/2... -- -- Stephen D. Poole -- t-stephp@microsoft.UUCP -- Mac II Fanatic -- -- -- -- I'm just an Oregon Tech Software Engineering co-op at Micro- -- -- soft. Believe me, nobody here pays attention to my opinions! --
piner@pur-phy (Richard Piner) (10/13/88)
In article <1011@microsoft.UUCP> t-stephp@microsoft.UUCP (Stephen Poole) writes:
->I would appreciate any information you OS9ers could give me about OS9
->and the Macintosh II. Are there any versions of OS9 which run on the
->Mac? And, being almost completely ignorant about OS9 except for what
->I've heard in relation to the CoCo running it, how does it differ from
->Unix? Would a Mac II OS9 be vastly superior to A/UX?
->
Ditto. I've been meaning to ask this question too. I have OS9/68K
running on VME and Atari. It's a good system for the lab. I wouldn't
want 100 users, but three or four is just fine. So, is there a
version for the Mac? Anyone know?
Richard Pinerknudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) (10/13/88)
In article <1011@microsoft.UUCP>, t-stephp@microsoft.UUCP (Stephen Poole) writes: > BTW, I find it amusing in light of the fact that OS9 has been around > for quite a while that the Hot New Thing from MS is named OS/2... Yes, we all find that amusing -- "Only Seven Steps Behind." Since there is no '/' in OS9, we also refer to OS/2 as "half an OS for half a PC (the PC/2)."
-Yosemite Sam,_Roger Rabbit_) (10/14/88)
os9 was developed strictly to run on systems based on the motorola 6800 and 68000 series microprocessors.to the best of my knowledge,the isn't anything else that it has been adapted to run on(esp. a MacII!) vern
dnelson@umbio.MIAMI.EDU (Dru Nelson) (10/14/88)
in article <8810140355.AA13711@decwrl.dec.com>, burke_vern@dneast.dec.com (Mah biscuits 're burnin'!-Yosemite Sam,_Roger Rabbit_) says: > > os9 was developed strictly to run on systems based on > the best of my knowledge,the isn't anything else that > it has been adapted to run on(esp. a MacII!) > > vern A Macintosh II uses a 68020. It could esily run this operating system. The only problem it would have would be with the disk drives. The micorprocessor has to control them directly through the IWM. That would be the only problem. -- Dru Nelson UUCP: ....!uunet!gould!umbio!dnelson Miami, Florida MCI: dnelson Internet: dnelson%umbio@umigw.miami.edu
jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) (10/15/88)
In article <8810140355.AA13711@decwrl.dec.com>, burke_vern@dneast.dec.com (Mah biscuits 're burnin'!-Yosemite Sam,_Roger Rabbit_) writes: > os9 was developed strictly to run on systems based on > the motorola 6800 and 68000 series microprocessors.to > the best of my knowledge,the isn't anything else that > it has been adapted to run on(esp. a MacII!) While I know of nobody who has ported OS-9 to the Mac II, the CPU that the Mac II uses is not an impediment. OS-9 runs on the 6809 (not 6800) and 680xx microprocessors, so the 68020 in the Mac II would have little trouble running OS-9. James Jones
knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) (10/17/88)
In article <8810140355.AA13711@decwrl.dec.com>, burke_vern@dneast.dec.com (Mah biscuits 're burnin'!-Yosemite Sam,_Roger Rabbit_) writes: > os9 was developed strictly to run on systems based on > the motorola 6800 and 68000 series microprocessors.to > the best of my knowledge,the isn't anything else that > it has been adapted to run on(esp. a MacII!) Er, did I miss something? Don't all the Mac family use some 680x0 processor? The above is a good reason not to look for OS9 on a PClone or DEC Rainbow, but doesn't keep it off the Macs. BTW, you need a 6809 to run 8-bit OS9, not a 6800. So far the 680x0 version is running well on Atari STs. There was talk of an Amiga port but since that box already has multi-tasking, the perceived demand has been less. -- Mike Knudsen Bell Labs(AT&T) att!ihlpl!knudsen "Lawyers are like handguns and nuclear bombs. Nobody likes them, but the other guy's got one, so I better get one too."
jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones) (10/18/88)
In article <7237@ihlpl.ATT.COM>, knudsen@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Knudsen) writes: > There was talk of an Amiga port but since that box already has > multi-tasking, the perceived demand has been less. The Amiga port exists; it was done by an outfit in Australia. James Jones