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In article <281@pedsgd.UUCP> bobh@pedsgd.UUCP (Bob Halloran) writes:
>Much traffic has been generated lately about possible availability
>of Microware's OS-9 operating system on the Commodore Amiga and/or 
>the Atari ST.  While I have looked over recent magazines for 
>references, it isn't clear to me what machines are currently
>available running the 68K version of this O.S., or what software
>is available for it.  Note I am interested specifically in 68000
>software for OS-9; I have seen many packages offered for the 6809
>version.  Ready availability of 'useful' software would likely
>determine whether the porting efforts would be worthwhile.
>
>Could someone with better background on this enlighten us as to 
>current vendors' offerings under OS-9/68K?  Is there a readily-
>accessible source for public domain routines?  If traffic warrants,
>I will summarize to the net.  Thanks in advance.
>
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     Rather than answer what you've asked, I think it might be a good
idea to say that the best reference material on OS-9 are

Rainbow Magazine
which is specifically about the Color Computer, but often carries ads
for other OS-9 systems (including 68K systems).

68 Micro Journal
which is available from
Computer Publishing Inc.
5900 Cassandra Smith Rd.
Hixon, Tn. 37343

which is a general 680x0, 680x, Motorola chipset magazine.  I think
I've answered your questions elsewhere anyway.  The best source of
info on OS-9 is Compuserve's OS9 SIG, which is a semi-official source
of the OS-9 Users' Group's public domain programs.  The net.micro.6809
people have placed comments 'here' but probably are best talked to
in their own group.  Also, I hope to have BIX's 'os.9' conference
turned into a good resource too.  This'll be hard, seeing as I've
only got a couple of people to call BIX so far (it's not officially
open yet) whereas the Boston Computer Club seems to be full of
Apple, IBM and CPM people.

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