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From: bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Re: OS/9000
Message-ID: <1735@mwca.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 90 17:04:10 GMT
References: <1990Oct31.083009.16299@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk>
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In article <1990Oct31.083009.16299@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk> rhl@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Robert Hartill) writes:
>I'm looking into realtime operating systems and have been given the name
>'OS/9000', i believe it is derived from OS/9.
>
>I know nothing about either of the above so could someone out there help ?
>
>    Robert Hartill

OS-9000 is a sister operating system to OS-9, with portability among processor
families its largest difference. Whereas OS-9 is optimized for the 68xxx
family, OS-9000 will run on the 68020/30/40, 80386[SX]/486, and will soon
run on 88000 and SPARC. It is source-level compatible with OS-9.

Further information may be obtained in the comp.os.os9 newsgroup, or contact
Microware UK at (44)489 886699.
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