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From: sman@pilchuckDataio.UUCP (Michael Spillman)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: A 'generic 68K OS' needed
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 11:59:06 EST
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> For those in 68K who were just included, the question has been raised
> as to the possibility of a "Standard OS" for the 68K machines such
> as Amiga, Atari, and MacIntosh.  Unix and OS-9 have been proposed
> and discussed at length in both net.micro.amiga and net.micro.atari.

	My nomination for generic OS is some version of public domain Forth,
	(available in source form, possibly a cleaned up F.I.G. version).
	It already is 'generic' and widely available.  With a little
	enthusiastic help, all kinds of utilities and shells could be
	contributed (for those who don't want to see the messy details).
	System requirements are about as minimal as an OS can get and
	Forth has been seen on some mighty small machines.

	Of course, this is an extremely volitile subject an I expect to
	be flamed into the great OS in the sky (others will hope it is
	elsewhere). :-).

	
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	UNIX:  So much entropy, so little work.
		A VMS hacker and UNIX abuser.

	M. D. Spillman	a.k.a.	...uw-beaver!entropy!dataio!pilchuck!sman