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Quite a few netters have expressed interest in multi-tasking
on the ST's.  Others have expressed explicit interest in OS/9.

Well, I have an announcement distributed at Comdex which answers
both of these but since I wasn't there I didn't want to rush in
(Jim O. where are you?) ahead of someone with more information.

The announcement is from

     TLM Systems Inc.
     4704 W. Jennifer, Suite 105
     Fresno, CA 93711
     (209) 276-2345
or
     67 Grandview
     Pleasantville, NY 10570
     (914) 747-1450

for the
         OS/9 68000 Operating System for Atari ST

which is said to feature

     Unix-like structure and command vocabulary
     Multi-user/Multi-tasking capabilities
     Shell oriented command line processing
     Sequential and concurrent command execution
     I/O redirection
     Wildcard matching
     Unix-like utility command library
     Full screen editor
     68000 macro assembler and development tools
     Optional languages: BASIC C Pascal Fortran COBOL

selling for (I am told, it is not on the announcement) $299 without
the optional languages.

In my opinion, the price will limit its appeal. For a ~$1000 system
~$300 for a second operating system is steep. Power-users with hard
disks will love it but how many of them are there? The big question
is, of course, how much software development will it attract?

Of course, if the same programs will run on it and on GEMDos that's
another story, but I would have expected VERY BOLD presentation of
that in the announcement if it were true.

I have seen the flier; that's all I know.

Thos Sumner     (...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!ucsfcca.UCSF!thos)