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From: mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: A 'generic 68K OS' needed
Message-ID: <39@gilbbs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 21:02:08 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  6 21:02:08 1986
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In article <267@pilchuckDataio.UUCP>, sman@pilchuckDataio.UUCP (Michael Spillman) writes:
> > 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). :-).


   What's wrong with GNU?  (FORTH is not an O/S, it is a poor excuse for
a programming language!)

   GNU is public domain, essentially free, available in source form (for those
to whom such things are important).

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