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From: timha@microsoft.UUCP (Tim HARRIS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: Vague OS-9 mutterings (was Re: New computer?
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Date: 22 Oct 90 15:28:17 GMT
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In article <1990Oct16.062145.21404@lavaca.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
>In article <1990Oct15.210438.27907@cbnewse.att.com> cwpjr@cbnewse.att.com (clyde.w.jr.phillips) writes:
>>In article <33336@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright) writes:
>>>      I have a peer that has been telling me about a new system to be coming
>>> out soon that runs OS/9.  It has/or is going to have a windowing type inter-
>>> face.  It will have a 256 color display at some fairly high resolution out
>>> of a total palette of 16 million colors.
>
>>There was a MM froont end for OS-9 for Industria;lProcess Control 
>>Initially called RAVE. I don't know if this implements RAVE in a 
>>box system or not but those OS-9 guys are sharp and RAVE is 2-4 years old...
>
  RAVE is a graphics user interface for OS-9 and is not really a windowing
interface in the likes of X-Windows, MS Windows, AmigaDOS or the MacOS.
RAVE gives the programmer the capability to do some overlapping windows
for dialog boxes or pop-up/pull-down menus but does not directly support
multi-tasking/overlapping windows.  You do get to do applications which
run on multiple screens and have the ability to do image based controls,
menus and indicators which is all you need for a process control interface. 


Tim Harris