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From: ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k,net.news.group,net.micro.6809
Subject: Re: Can the OS-9 traffic move out of net.micro.68K?
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Date: Sun, 17-Nov-85 18:31:30 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 17 18:31:30 1985
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In article <918@lsuc.UUCP> jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) writes:
>In article <500@harvard.ARPA> kosower@harvard.UUCP (David A. kosower) writes:
>>[something nasty]
>
>   The next time you fly over Montreal (assuming you ever do), you
>will take comfort in knowing that your life is in the good hands of
>a Gimix III, *OS-9* level II, 256K, 6809 based system.
>...
(I'm interested in details, since my first (and probably incorrect) impression
was that this  machine was reponsible for targeting missiles or directing air
traffic or someting like that.)

I also vote for a separate group, but I suspect that net.micro.6809 will 
collapse given the near-absence of any input. Then 6809 processor discussion
will (should) move to net.micro.

I prefer a moderated group to an unmoderated one, because it will provide an
opportunity for the moderator to establish an os-9 software archive at the
moderation site.  I'm willing to do this, if necessary, but I'd rather have
someone who actually uses an OS-9 system to step forward and volunteer.
(My interest in OS-9 is in writing TNC code for packet radio, which I
expect to do when I get my license.)

I suggest the name mod.computers.operating-systems.os-9, given the fact it is
easier for a naive USENET reader to understand this than something like
mod.os9.  The disadvantage is that you may actually have to type this name
occasionally, but it appears that many people have software that lets them
avoid this, and I feel the benefit of a meaningful name outweighs the
inconvenience.

					- Ralph