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From: joe@watvlsi.UUCP (Joe Morrison)
Newsgroups: net.micro.6809
Subject: I need info on getting OS-9 for a CoCo 2
Message-ID: <2803@watvlsi.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 14:50:34 EST
Article-I.D.: watvlsi.2803
Posted: Mon Nov 25 14:50:34 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 26-Nov-85 08:29:42 EST
Reply-To: joe@watvlsi.UUCP (Joe Morrison)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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I have a "bare bones" Colour Computer right now, and would like to turn
it into a reasonable development system. (Mostly for the experience it
will give me playing with hardware.)

I want to put 256k into it, and there are several schemes I've heard of
for doing this. Question 1: what sort of configuration does OS-9 expect?
Can OS-9 recognize and make use of more than 64k?

Question 2: I have heard that I can put on a second terminal through the
serial port. Is this true?

Question 3: How are other devices usually attached? If I have a printer,
modem, disk drive and a second terminal, is there a way to get them all
on using the cartridge port? Will I ever get to use the cartridge port
again?

Question 4: Am I asking too much of the Coco 2? Should I just give up
and buy an Atari ST?

Question 5: Where do I get OS-9 anyway? Are there better places to buy
it than from Radio Shack?

I am willing to hack up my Colour Computer if necessary, by the way!
If anyone has some suggestions for me or answers to my questions, I
would very much appreciate hearing them! Please reply by mail, and if
there is much response I will post the usual summary. My apologies to
OS-9 haters! I agree that OS-9 should have its own newsgroup...
Cheers,
-- 
Joe Morrison, U of Waterloo {decvax, allegra, ihnp4} ! watmath ! watvlsi ! joe
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"The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected."
	- The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June, 1972.