[Coco] New upload to clubltdstudios.com

Joel Ewy jcewy at swbell.net
Tue Aug 21 21:09:31 EDT 2007


Shain Klammer wrote:
> For what is worth, there are a few TOS replacement ROMs for the STs,
> like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiNT and
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmuTOS.
>
>   
Yes, and GEM itself, as well as CP/M are now GPL, though I don't think
this covers all of what was in the original Atari ROM.

JCE
> sk
>
> On 21/08/07, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Joel,
>>
>> The problem with the Atari port of OS-9 is that it relies heavily on the
>> Atari ROM-based GEMDOS environment, which is different from the Coco OS-9,
>> which uses none of the ROM code.
>>
>> To "separate" the OS-9 part from the GEMDOS part would, I think, be a major
>> undertaking.
>>
>> As far as I know, OS-9/68K was written in C, so reverse engineering it would
>> be painful.
>>
>> --
>> Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>
>> Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>> the capacity to be his spokesman,
>> so that I know how to help the weary.
>>
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>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joel Ewy" <jcewy at swbell.net>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 12:22 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] New upload to clubltdstudios.com
>>
>>
>>     
>>> Bob Devries wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Hi Guys & Gals
>>>>
>>>> For anyone who has an Atari ST, I have uploaded the Atari Version of
>>>> OS-9/68000 Personal here:
>>>>
>>>> http://coco.clubltdstudios.com/downunder/OS9-68000/Atari_Personal_OS9.zip
>>>>
>>>> It includes scanned manuals and disk images.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Hey, Bob,
>>>
>>> Any idea if that will run on the ARANYM emulator?  I've always thought
>>> that one way to work towards MM/1 (and possibly CD-i) emulation would be
>>> to start with an Atari emulator running OS-9, and then begin replacing
>>> emulated hardware and device driver modules one piece at a time.  Since
>>> ARANYM is running Debian/m68k these days, I would think OS-9 should work.
>>>
>>> Thanks for uploading!
>>>
>>> JCE
>>>
>>>
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