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From: dqf@j.cc.purdue.edu (piner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS9 on a MS-DOS machine
Keywords: Who sells OS9 for the PC?
Message-ID: <11604@j.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 7 Dec 90 22:57:11 GMT
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In article <1766@mwca.UUCP> bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) writes:
>In article <6193@videovax.tv.tek.com> stevek@videovax.tv.tek.com (Steve Kronschnabel) writes:
>>so much fun with it.  Then I heard that there was OS9 availble for the PC.
>>I was wondering how good it was and if you can run standard PC programs while
>>running OS9.  I suspect that you can't but thought I would ask.
>

>The second way is to purchase OS-9000 for your PC >= 386(sx). OS-9000 is
>source level compatible with OS-9, provides the same utilities, comes
>with C compiler and C source-level debugger and editor for $995. RAVE is
>available for graphics support, or you could roll your own. Contact me
>at (408)980-0201 for more information.

You should mention, OS9000 only has C. No Fortran, Basic, or Pascal.
This does limit it's usefulness vs. OS9/68K. Can OS9000 read/write
MS-DOS files, or will the as yet unreleased MS-DOS emulator bequired to
do this? Also, what terminal type does the monitor emulate when running
under OS9000?

						R. Piner