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From: jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka)
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Subject: Re: How wrong is MS-DOS?
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Date: 6 Jan 91 18:32:13 GMT
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D*mn, I couldn't resist.

If anybody wants to claim that MSDOS is good, especially considering
*when* it came into existance, and the hardware it had to work on,
I tell them to take a look at OS/9 on the RadioShack TRS-80
ColorComputer.

Preemptive multitasking, resource tracking, MultiUser, etc. etc.
all in 64K of RAM on a 6809 processor. (No additional ROM either).

Although the PC existed before OS/9 on the CoCo, OS/9 did exist
before the CoCo, though I don't know exactly when or where or
on what hardware previous to the CoCo.