Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcrware!mwca!bill
From: bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS9 on Atari ST
Keywords: OS-9 Atari ST
Message-ID: <1674@mwca.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 90 16:04:57 GMT
References: <1990Jul30.113150.1113@newcastle.ac.uk> <2300@mcrware.UUCP>
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Santa Clara, CA
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In article <2300@mcrware.UUCP-> ric@mcrware.UUCP (Ric Yeates) writes:
->In article <1990Jul30.113150.1113@newcastle.ac.uk-> D.M.Johnson@newcastle.ac.uk (D.M. Johnson) writes:
->->
->->        I have seen that OS9 is avaiabel for the Atari ST, as I know very
->->little about this operating system I was wondering if you could answer a few
->->questions about it.
->->...
->->(2) Does it allow multiple sign ons, The idea here is to have the ST
->->linked up with friends computers in a flat and have a small network.
->
->     Any number of users may be signed on at one time.  Each user, of course,
->     must have their own serial port (on the ST).  So, you are limited to
->     2 users.

Of course, if you purchase Double-Click's RS-232 port multi-thingy you could
write a device driver in fairly straightforward fashion (M. Vederman of
Double-Click is an OS-9 user, he may already have drivers), and the same
should be true of Gadgets' new MegaTalk serial port enhancement.

->->..
->..
->If you would like more (FREE) information, you should call our marketing
->dept. at (515) 224-1929 and ask for "The OS-9 Catalog."  It contains all
->sorts of information about OS-9 and its associated environments.
->
Or for those of you in the US, call (800)475-9000 for an even FREEer (?)
OS-9 Catalog!

->Best regards,
->     Ric Yeates
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