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From: dibble@rochester.UUCP (Peter C. Dibble)
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Subject: Re: OS9 on Amiga
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Date: Sun, 8-Sep-85 16:39:53 EDT
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> > interface that they provide.  Does anybody know why they decided to "go
> > their own way" and develop custom OS's for their machines.  
> 
> didn't want to finance the development of a totally new product. Microware has
> no windowing product for OS-9. DRI already had GEM running on the PC, so

Microware does have a windowing product for OS-9.  I have seen the Fujitsu
FM 11 and 16 running it.  It requires a memory mapped display which
is why most OS-9 systems don't have it.  I can only guess why Tandy
doesn't use it for the CoCo.