[Coco] Microware OS-9 for x86

[Frank Swygert]

I wonder if the Radisys lawyers would have a field day if Nitros-9 was ported to a PC, with a few enhancements to take advantage of the more powerful hardware? Would be really nice if it could be made in such a way as to run CoCo OS-9 code too...

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Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:02:10 -0500
From: Allen Huffman<alsplace at pobox.com>

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.


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