Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!hybrid!spocom!gng From: gng@spocom.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari ST Multitasking/Multiuser OSs Message-ID: <22@spocom.UUCP> Date: 22 Nov 89 18:44:46 GMT Organization: George's Computer System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lines: 64 Here's a recent msg. I received from Ge' Weijers although I posted the summary too quickly before I recieved the msg. Thanks! >1) What is the name of the OS and the latest version of it? RTOS V2.2 (I've only got 2.1, but I'm getting 2.2) >2) Is this OS multitasking, multiuser, or both? Both, but users can annoy each other easily. >3) What is the minimal ST hardware (and software if necessary) configuration > for this OS and if possible, the usual/best configuration for it? Runs smoothly in the humblest ST 520 with only a single sided floppy drive. >4) Who is the manufacturer of this OS, and how can they be contacted? > (address, phone, uucp, etc) IF you speak German (no english docs as far as I know of), it is sold by a company called eMedia in Hannover, BRD. I can get more info if you really want to. >5) How much does it cost (at the present time if possible)? DM 270,- (130 $) >6) How long have you been using this OS? A year. >7) On a rating of zero to ten, how Unix compatible is this OS? > (An explanation following it would be nice too) -1. It is TOTALLY different. it's a Real Time Operating System, with a builtin compiler,assembler,linker,task kernel,file system etc. The language compiled is Pearl (tasks & semaphores available, but a syntax you could scare dogs with), but the nice thing is that it all fits into 128K RAM. The same system can be run on a number of single board computers, and give you a complete if clumsy development environment. >8) What strengths prevail in this OS (if possible, compared to others also)? The minimal environment you need to run it. Use an ST (or Amiga) as the development environment, and then copy the linker files to your dedicated computer. Version 2.2 also supports networking, and can read MSDOS floppies. >9) What weaknesses are noticeable in this OS? Very simple command language etc. It's not a Unix look- or workalike. The keyboard tables are German-only. Some zapping required. >10) Other comments about this OS, the makers of it, etc? It works, it gets the job done in little memory. A Modula-2 compiler can be bought these days, at 3 times the cost of the OS. Ge' Weijers -- Ge' Weijers Internet/UUCP: ge@cs.kun.nl Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, (uunet.uu.net!cs.kun.nl!ge) University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1 6525 ED Nijmegen, the Netherlands tel. +3180612483 (UTC-2) -- George Ng (Comp. Sci., U of Toronto) |"We're not just doing it for money; uunet!mnetor!{becker,hybrid}!spocom!gng| we're doing it for a s***load of or utgpu!ncrcan!ziebmef!spocom!gng| money!" - Spaceballs