[Coco] OS-9 History

[James Jones]

CD-I used a Signetics 68070.  Despite the number it was pretty low end, a
68000 minus one ALU so it was slower than a 68000 at the same clock rate.
It ran OS-9/68000, probably with some modules specific to CD-I.
On Apr 30, 2013 11:01 AM, "Bill Gunshannon" <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu> wrote:

>
> >> I thought I read that one of the early space shuttle missions was
> >> running
> >> OS9 ????
> >
> > An OS-9/68K system definitely flew as an experiment on a Shuttle mission.
> > I had one of the guys who worked on it in a training class once, and we
> > used a NASA logo on one of our presentations as an example of places OS-9
> > had been used. But the Shuttle itself did not, as far as I know.
> >
> > Famous OS-9 uses:
> >
> > Star Trek the Experience in Las Vegas has some OS-9000.
> >
> > The Treasure Island pirate ship thing in Las Vegas used some OS-9 Gespac
> > thing at some point.
> >
> > Caltrans (California Transportation) probably still has 68000 based OS-9
> > machines in old 2070 traffic controller boxes.
> >
> > Motorola Pagewriter, one of the first two-way text pagers, was 68000
> OS-9.
> >
> > Uniden Axis was an e-mail telephone that ran OS-9 (consumer product).
> >
> > Of course, Phillips CD-i players.
>
> I have been trying to remember the name of this.  Thanks for the
> reminder. Were they all OS9-68K?  Are they worth grabbing one to
> hack on?  I remember wanting one when they first came out but couldn't
> afford it.  I also remember reading that if you opened it up there
> was a place to plug in a keybord inside the box and that not exposing
> it to the outside was a deliberate design plan.  I wonder if the
> souirces are available anywhere?
>
> bill
>
> >
> > I used to have a list of these things to mention, but I have forgotten
> > most of that.
> >
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