[Coco] origins of OS-9

[John W. Linville]

On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 05:20:24AM -0500, Aaron Wolfe wrote:

> RT/68 is described as:
> 
> RT/68 Real Time Operating System
> MikBUG compatible ROM that combines an improved monitor/debugger with
> a powerful multitasking operating system.  Supports up to 16
> concurrent tasks at 8 priority levels plus real time clock and
> interrupt control.  Thousands in use since 1976 handling all types of
> applications.  Available on 6830 (MIKBUG-type) or 2708 (EPROM-type)
> ROM.  Manual is a classic on 6800 real-time applications and contains
> a full source program listing.  $55

The FLEX user group ftp site has some references to RT68 in their
archives, although I haven't located the actual disk images or
RT68 files.

I also found this reference, which is really just affirmative rather
than additive:

	http://books.google.com/books?id=RsAOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=rt68+mikbug&source=bl&ots=A87KCXIpnh&sig=u9o5OuRxkeTIfSK8jzLL0pMt7Wk&hl=en&ei=cGWSS6bIJ8G0tgeJ17HVCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Or for the short URL crowd...

	http://tinyurl.com/ydfp7ww

Hth!

John
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