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Article #639Re: CD ROMs to use 68000 OS9
From: Tom Keller
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1986 10:20
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1986 10:20
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In article <821@ihwpt.UUCP>, knudsen@ihwpt.UUCP (mike knudsen) writes:
> > The question is: What advantage is held by a computer running OS-9 if
> > the CDI standard becomes a success?
> ...
> > 6- that OS-9 is really great, independent of CDI, and that you
> > come out ahead even without any of the above panning out.
> > jimm
>
> When I posted, I thought only of (6) above -- that this CD
> standard was a nice feather in the cap of OS9 and we could all
> brag about "knowing OS9 when." True, OS9 will be sealed up inside
> a box, and hardly anyone will know it's there.
> But I will, and so will you... mike k
In fact, OS9 was specifically designed to act not only as an interactive
operating system, but as an embedded control environment. MicroWare made
much of this capability in their early literature.
I was operating OS9 back in 1980.
--
Disclaimer: I hereby disclaim any and all responsibility for disclaimers.
tom keller
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!orsvax1!pyrnj!caip!lll-crg!lll-lcc!qantel!ptsfa!gilbbs!mc68020 From: mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Tom Keller) Newsgroups: net.micro.6809,net.micro.68k,net.micro Subject: Re: CD ROMs to use 68000 OS9 Message-ID: <185@gilbbs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 05:20:46 EST Article-I.D.: gilbbs.185 Posted: Wed Apr 23 05:20:46 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Apr-86 05:19:56 EST References: <808@ihwpt.UUCP> <1185@lsuc.UUCP> <994@amiga.amiga.UUCP> <821@ihwpt.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Gil's Place, Santa Rosa CA Lines: 27