[Coco] origins of OS-9

[Lothan]

Wasn't that Microware RT68 for the 6800? This is pure conjecture on my part, 
but I somehow doubt Microware really had to put much thought into the 
decision to create an operating system for Basic09. I mean it had already 
created the RT68 platform for the 6800 and it sure is a lot easier to 
develop and sell products for an operating system than it is to do 
bare-metal development for each product it creates.

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From: "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 7:51 PM
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] origins of OS-9

> Hi,
>
> I seem to remember that there was something before OS-9 for the 6800.
>
> FLEX had been in existence for the 6800 for some time and perhaps 
> something else.
>
> I think that I have the 68 micro journals starting just before OS-9 was 
> announced in an ad.
>
> Look in the scanned copies in the Archive.
>
> Have these issues been looked at by anyone?
>
> SHF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] origins of OS-9
>
>
>>>I think there is a part of the story that I haven't been able to find:
>>>how OS-9 became a powerful, full featured OS and not just a shell for
>>>running B09.
>>>
>> I can't argue about that, and considering that we are all much the richer 
>> for
>> it, no other os's docs have ever approached the clear, concise detail 
>> they
>> gave us.  What an education it has been!
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheers, Gene
>
>
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