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   Isn't there a version of the OS9 operating system available which will run
on 68000-based machines?  I believe I've heard or read that it is.  From the
small amount of expierience I've had with it, I think it may be very nice to
have on the ST.  If any other ST users are as frustrated with the current
operating system as I am, then they too would want to have it for their ST's.
   OS9 supports full multi-tasking, has re-directable standard input and
standard outputs (just like unix) as well as pipes.  The only thing it is
lacking in is a full set of utilities like sed, awk and others.  Since OS9
was primarily designed for smaller machines without hard drives, they could
not quite fit these in.  Motorola developed the OS9 operating system but I
don't know about the liscensing agreements (if any) that would have to be
secured.  The OS9 I used was on a 6809 based machine with 64K of memory and
was very nice.  The machine did slow down a bit when more than four or five
processes were run concurrently, but I don't think that will be the case with
the ST since it has a 68000 and 512K of memory.
   If anyone out there has any information about how one might go about port-
ing OS9 over to an ST or has already done so, I would be very interested in
hearing about it.

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