[Coco] OS9 vs Flex

[Aaron Wolfe]

The 68 Micro Journal has tons of articles about FLEX.  Several
different varieties existed, some of which were
multitasking/multiuser, but the basic/stock/original flavor was single
tasking and a lot like CPM.   Like OS9 there was a version available
for most of the 6809 systems.

John Kent has a neat 6809 FPGA system that runs FLEX.  I only messed
around with it a little bit, but I think it fits in somewhere between
DECB and OS9 as far as capabilities.  If you want to know an awful lot
about it, spend some time in the 68 MJ:

https://sites.google.com/a/aaronwolfe.com/cococoding/home/magazines/68-micro-journal

You can sort of feel how it was initially fairly popular, but became
overshadowed by OS9 in time by noticing the relative # of ads and
number of articles in the journal over time.

-Aaron



On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Jim Hickle <jlhickle at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.flexusergroup.com/
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> --- On Fri, 12/30/11, Richard E. Crislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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> From: Richard E. Crislip <rcrislip at neo.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS9 vs Flex
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Date: Friday, December 30, 2011, 11:29 PM
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> The one disadvantage that I remember about it was that it did not multitask as
> OS-9 could. I believe that there is a users group that still meets on the Web
> to discuss it though. I just do not remember where.
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