[Coco] Microware OS-9 for x86

[sales at gimechip.com]

I just thought it was cool because it shares the file system with the host 
operating system.
J&R
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill" <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com>
To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Microware OS-9 for x86


> Well, if I can't have the real thing, then an emulator will have to do.
> Thanks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of sales at gimechip.com
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 12:48 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Microware OS-9 for x86
>
> Bill, the following was posted to my query on CoCo3.com by hyperfrog:
> "I don't know for OS-9000, but I know how to run OS-9/68k on your PC.
> There's
> an emulator (OS9Exec) that allows you to do that. It shares the file 
> system
> with the host OS (Windows, Mac OS X, or Mac OS 9), which is nice. You have
> OS-9 running in a command prompt window. Note that you'll need a copy of
> OS-9/68k. After several hours of struggling, I managed to get it work with
> files from the following disk image :
>
> ftp://maltedmedia.com/coco/OS9_68K/CDi/Microware%20CDi.dsk.zip
>
> Not a real OS, but nice to mess around with.
>
>
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