Subj : Re: OFFLINE READER NEEDE˙ To : All From : Neal Roberts Date : Wed Oct 25 2000 02:53 am Actually, the last I heard OS9 was used by the Amiga. However that was some time back. -- Neal Roberts ----------------------------------------- Guide to Wholesale Computer Distributors : www.resellerresourcekit.com wrote in message news:168.6741.9071176.2137377497.RIMEGateQWK@MoonDog.BBS... > > > > > > In article <22> Neal Roberts wrote: > > Actually, OS9 is a UNIX operating system that was used on the old Tandy > > Color Computers back in the 80's. Great OS! Multitasking in 32K RAM. Long > > before MAC's or Windows. If fact it is probably the real topic for this > > forum. > > OS-9 is not generally thought of as a UNIX. It is a multitasking OS, > and a very good one at that. It's lineage is really unique, not related > (nor really taking cues from) UNIX, CP/M, or VMS. > > It's funny that people actually ARE confusing OS-9 with MacOS version 9. > > The company that made OS-9 (Microware is it? Guess what, they're still > around, and they still make and sell it!) took Apple to court citing > confusion in naming of MacOS 9. They weren't (as I recall) seeking > any damages, but were trying to get Apple to insert the word "version" > (or at least a "v") in there. Apple won that one. > > I believe at this point OS-9 (the real one :) has been ported to more > potent architectures than the Motorola 6809 CPU. From what I hear, its > sort of a specialized embedded OS now. > > -- > * jmr 0.7.25 [Linux] * > --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr4 > - 0rigin: Stan's Hut BBS (1:3800/1) > > --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2á˙* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 10/25/00 9:53:04 AM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .