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From: bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS-9000
Keywords: OS-9000
Message-ID: <1808@mwca.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 91 18:10:43 GMT
References: <1991Jan10.153546.29219@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <1782@mwca.UUCP> <2576@batman.moravian.EDU>
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Santa Clara, CA
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In article <2576@batman.moravian.EDU> halkoD@batman.moravian.EDU (David Halko) writes:

>Why won't OS9000 work on MicroChannel???

Let me clarify a bit: OS-9000 will work on any (virtually) 386[sx]- or
486-based platform, just as OS-9 will work on any 68xxx-based platform.  Our
PC-AT Development Pak, however, is pre-configured to work on machines which
look like a Compaq 386.  For us to deliver a version which will run on the
greatest number of machines we had to make certain assumptions about what the
hardware looks like (serial chips, disk controllers, etc.).  The generic or
Compaq 386 is most common, and our OS-9000 Dev Pak will run right out of the
box on most machines which "look like" this.  Micro-channel machines have
some hardware differences (not necessarily because they are Micro- channel,
however) which require modification of some of the OS-9000 drivers.
Therefore, today, to run OS-9000 on a PS/2 or other Micro-channel machine you
would need to modify some of the drivers (probably serial and/or disk) from
our normal PC Dev Pak.  It is a similar situation to running OS-9 on a custom
68000-platform - you need to modify your drivers to port OS-9 to the
different hardware.

We do have plans to ship a pre-configured PS/2 OS-9000 Development Pak, but
I don't know have any pricing or scheduling information.

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