[Coco] Microware OS-9 for x86

[sales at gimechip.com]

And the ITV (Interactive TeleVision) Operating System? This was from 1995 I 
think and appears that it was more of a Video Decoder than a full fledged 
operating system, but I'm not sure:
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--Microware Systems 
Corporation, at the opening of its DAVID Developers' Conference, today 
announced version 2.0 of its DAVID real-time operating system, the current 
standard for interactive television (ITV).

DAVID v2.0 gives the ITV industry the ability to author an application once, 
store it on any server, send it across any broadband network and run it on 
any DAVID-based digital network device.

DAVID (Digital Audio/Video Interactive Decoder) is an open operating system 
software standard for interactive digital



J&R





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Wallace" <dragonbytes at cox.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Microware OS-9 for x86


Hmm.. The copy I have here is called "Microware Enhanced OS-9 for X86 
Edition 1". Wonder where that fits in to your timeline.

- Todd Wallace

On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Allen Huffman wrote:

> The Microware timeline looks something like this -- Boisy may be able to 
> correct my memory if I miss something:
>
> 1976 - Microware Systems Corporation is formed in Des Moines.
> 1977 - RT68 product for 6800 (never learned anything about this).
> 1980 - OS-9 for 6809
> 1983 - OS-9 for 68000 (or 68K, or "OSK")
> 1989 - OS-9 rewritten in C as "Portable OS-9", named OS-9000 and for PC/AT 
> hardware. Some API differences but much basic C code could be compiled.
> 1995 - OS-9000 ported to PowerPC (? somewhere in here?) then following 
> years for SPARC, ARM, MIPS, SH-3/4, and others.
>
> At some point, marketing decided to change the name to "OS-9" even though 
> there were MAJOR differences between OS-9 and OS-9000. So, it was "OS-9 
> for 68K" versus "OS-9 for X86/PowerPC/ARM/etc."
>
> This caused much confusion ;-) with engineers.
>
> At one time, there was "Personal OS-9" which was a lower cost package. 
> Microware showed up at 1993 CoCoFEST! in Chicago and sold OS-9000 for PC 
> for like $300 or $400, but that product is long gone.
>
> Today, it's a high end package for system porting projects -- thousands 
> and thousands of dollars.
>
> Would RadiSys allow a hobbyist package? I doubt it -- there are only a 
> handful of folks left maintaining OS-9 at this point, mostly serving 
> legacy customers. BUT, it continues to get updated and revised and new 
> features added.
>
> OS-9 lives on, but not at all like we knew it in the 80s/90s.
>
> -
> Allen Huffman • PO Box 22031 • Clive IA 50325 * 515-999-0227
> Sent from my iPhone 3GS
>
> On Jun 11, 2010, at 8:21 AM, sales at gimechip.com wrote:
>
>> Yes, since the early 90's. It was originally called OS-9000 for the PC, 
>> but has undergone several name changes since then.
>> Here are some interesting links:
>> http://www.reischke.de/dtr/os9maxfq.htm
>> http://www.radisys.com/Products/Microware.html
>> http://www.radisys.com/Products/Microware/OS-9-RTOS.html
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com>
>> To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 7:10 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Message from John of gimechip.com
>>
>>
>>> Do I understand that OS9 IS available for the PC?? That would be 
>>> wonderful
>>> if it were.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] 
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Aaron Wolfe
>>> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 2:20 AM
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>>> Subject: [Coco] Message from John of gimechip.com
>>>
>>> Is it possible to still purchase OS-9 for a
>>> PC?-http://www.coco3.com/community/2010/05/is-it-possible-to-still-purchase-
>>> os-9-for-a-pc
>>>
>>>
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