Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!decwrl!uunet!kbvan!dave From: dave@kbvan.com (Dave Van Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Radio Shake's coco multitasking? Message-ID: <111@kbvan.com> Date: 17 Mar 91 21:30:28 GMT References: <1991Mar15.164417.548@ucselx.sdsu.edu> Organization: Lehigh Software Systems, Wescosville, PA Lines: 23 In article <1991Mar15.164417.548@ucselx.sdsu.edu> maxc1553@ucselx.sdsu.edu (InnerTangent - human1) writes: > > I'm fansnated. I thought I heard that Tandy coco (6509 motorola) >multitasks. Is this true? > > Could someone here enlighten me with the specifics of this machine? > Your refering to OS/9 for the coco. Multi-task, yes - Discontinued - Yes. Cheap to buy, yes if you can find it. And 'oh boy' you put a few coco's together in an os/9 network and if you close your eyes you think your running single-user on a Cray! ;-o +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Lehigh Software Systems --- (Medical Industry Software) | | Van Allen and Associates -- (anything for a buck enterprises) | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Dave Van Allen - dave@kbvan.com uunet!kbvan!dave CIS 73530,2463 | | Robert Repko - rtr@kbvan.com uunet!kbvan!rsquare!rtr | | | | "You'll never go forward unless you have something to look forward to" | | ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~ | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+