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Subject: Re: Re: Buying your first home computer - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 24-Nov-83 22:48:13 EST
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uokvax!emjej    Nov 23 08:53:00 1983

"the only operating system that offers the power of a big system (e.g. a
VAX) is OASIS...."

I beg to differ. I submit that OS-9 is vastly superior to anything running
on an 8080oid processor. Being a Eunuchoidal OS, much Unix software will
port readily. It supports multitasking and multiuser operation. It runs
on the Motorola 6809, and a 68000 version (the first of three) is due out
early in 1984.

You are certainly correct about the software being the important thing,
but the power of the processor affects the speed and capacity of one's
system, and the 6809 is sufficiently superior to 8080oid machines (and
the 68000 to the 8086) that even were things otherwise equal, OS-9 would
be preferable.

					James Jones