Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcrware!davely
From: davely@mcrware.UUCP (Dave Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS9 on a MS-DOS machine
Keywords: Who sells OS9 for the PC?
Message-ID: <4358@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 90 23:12:53 GMT
References: <623@oglvee.UUCP> <2023@inducom.UUCP> <6193@videovax.tv.tek.com> <1766@mwca.UUCP> <11604@j.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: davely@mcrware.UUCP (Dave Lyons)
Distribution: comp
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
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In article <11604@j.cc.purdue.edu> dqf@j.cc.purdue.edu (piner) writes:
+In article <1766@mwca.UUCP> bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) writes:
+
+>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

With version 1.1 of the OS-9000/80386 DevPak (tm), there is a PCF file 
mananger which allows MS-DOS disks to be read and written.  Both floppy
disks and MS-DOS hard disk partitions can be accessed.  The term device
on OS-9000 (keyboard/monitor) emulates a VT100 terminal.

davel

>>>Extra disclaimer: This is what I think, not what Microware says<<<

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