Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site atlas1.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!pesnta!pyramid!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!leadsv!atlas1!boozer
From: boozer@atlas1.UUCP (Glenn Boozer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k
Subject: Re: A 'generic 68K OS' needed
Message-ID: <250@atlas1.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Mar-86 22:09:13 EST
Article-I.D.: atlas1.250
Posted: Fri Mar  7 22:09:13 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 11-Mar-86 01:20:13 EST
References: <1270@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> <408@ccivax.UUCP> <170@ttidcc.UUCP> <39@gilbbs.UUCP>
Organization: Acceleron, Sunnyvale, Ca.
Lines: 43
Summary: I have just gotten a 86K forth development system that builds generic 68K forth operating systems.  It's great!!

In article <39@gilbbs.UUCP>, mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Tom Keller) writes:
> 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).
> 

	With the Forth I just got, I can have it up and running on a new cpu
with totaly different address space and I/O devices in a day.  Do that with GNU!
Forth is such a flexible language that it makes a passable O/S.

gab


  =====
  |   |
  | B |   +===============================================+
 /  O  \  + Glenn Boozer     [Yep! That is my real name!] +
/   O   \ + ACCELERON        (408) 744-0800               +
|   Z   | + 1290 Lawrence Station Rd, Sunnyvale, Ca 94089 +
|   E   | + {ihnp4, decvax!decwrl}!amdcad!cae780!leadsv!atlas1!boozer +
|   R   | +===============================================+
=========