[Coco] Microware OS-9 for x86

Fri Jun 11 13:45:49 EDT 2010

DAVID was OS-9000 with mpeg and io stuff added.

I forgot about the enhanced CDs. They hid a zip file of resident tools like the compiler on it for hobbyists - that would work but the config and windows tools would timeout.

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Allen Huffman • PO Box 22031 • Clive IA 50325 * 515-999-0227
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On Jun 11, 2010, at 12:21 PM, sales at gimechip.com wrote:

> 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).
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> 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.
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> DAVID (Digital Audio/Video Interactive Decoder) is an open operating system software standard for interactive digital
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> ----- 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
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> Hmm.. The copy I have here is called "Microware Enhanced OS-9 for X86 Edition 1". Wonder where that fits in to your timeline.
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> - Todd Wallace
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> On Jun 11, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Allen Huffman wrote:
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>> The Microware timeline looks something like this -- Boisy may be able to correct my memory if I miss something:
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>> 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.
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>> 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."
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>> This caused much confusion ;-) with engineers.
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>> 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.
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>> Today, it's a high end package for system porting projects -- thousands and thousands of dollars.
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>> 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.
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>> OS-9 lives on, but not at all like we knew it in the 80s/90s.
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>> Allen Huffman • PO Box 22031 • Clive IA 50325 * 515-999-0227
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>> On Jun 11, 2010, at 8:21 AM, sales at gimechip.com wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>> ----- 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
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>>>> Do I understand that OS9 IS available for the PC?? That would be wonderful
>>>> if it were.
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>>>> -----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
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>>>> 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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