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From: mc68020@gilbbs.UUCP (Tom Keller)
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Subject: Re: CD ROMs to use 68000 OS9
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Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 05:20:46 EST
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In article <821@ihwpt.UUCP>, knudsen@ihwpt.UUCP (mike knudsen) writes:
> > The question is: What advantage is held by a computer running OS-9 if
> > the CDI standard becomes a success?
>  ...
> >     6- that OS-9 is really great, independent of CDI, and that you
> > 	come out ahead even without any of the above panning out.
> > 		    jimm
> 
> When I posted, I thought only of (6) above -- that this CD
> standard was a nice feather in the cap of OS9 and we could all
> brag about "knowing OS9 when."  True, OS9 will be sealed up inside
> a box, and hardly anyone will know it's there.
> But I will, and so will you... mike k

   In fact, OS9 was specifically designed to act not only as an interactive
operating system, but as an embedded control environment.  MicroWare made
much of this capability in their early literature.

   I was operating OS9 back in 1980.

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Disclaimer:  I hereby disclaim any and all responsibility for disclaimers.

tom keller
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