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From: session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zack C. Sessions)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS/9 on a Rainbow 100
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Date: 6 Jun 91 20:16:15 GMT
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seanhull@hadar.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Sean P. Hull) writes:

>I have a newly acquired rainbow 100, and have heard that you can run
>OS/9.  Does anyone know anything about this, and/or know where to get
>a copy of it?  Might there be a place that I can order a Rainbow 100
>manual from anymore?  (It didn't come with one, as it was used)

Sorry, but I think you have been mislead. First of all, I assume you
are talking about the DEC Rainbow 100. That system usus a dual processor
arrangement, a Z80A to do IO, and a 8086 (I think) to do compute-bound 
work. There is not a version of OS-9 which will run on that platform.
When the Rainbow was first introduced, it's claim to fame was that it
could run not only CP/M, but a fledgling OS called MS-DOS as well!!
 
You might check with DEC about the manual. Call them at 1-800-DIGITAL.

Zack Sessions
session@seq.uncwil.edu