Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!lll-tis!ptsfa!ihnp4!ihwpt!knudsen From: knudsen@ihwpt.ATT.COM (mike knudsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809 Subject: Re: 512K RAM upgrades (Caching) (too long) Message-ID: <1949@ihwpt.ATT.COM> Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 12:58:05 EDT Article-I.D.: ihwpt.1949 Posted: Mon Aug 31 12:58:05 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Sep-87 06:23:28 EDT References: <5013@milano.UUCP> <420@ea.ecn.purdue.edu> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 23 Summary: questions about Atari ST OS9 In article <420@ea.ecn.purdue.edu>, mckay@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Dwight D Mckay) writes: > > The Microware release of OS9 for the Atari ST has variable read-caching for > floppies. It makes a big difference in speed. > This release of OS9 also comes with a RAM disk. > A meg. of memory is nice to work with! I'm glad I sold the Coco... Could you answer us some questions about the latest ST OS9? Is your version from the bankrupt comany or straight from Microware? Any improvements since Mware took it over? Specifically I'd like to know what the ST version has in the way of graphics (ie, decent user interfaces to the ST's power) and "does it do windows?" Does the C compiler still cost $400? I've hoped that Mware would transfer its work on windows and graphics for the Coco-3 to the ST. Have/will they? BTW, can you have programs bigger than 64K (not incl data) on the ST? I've heard that position-independent relative branches in the 68000 can only cover 64K. Say it isn't so. -- Mike J Knudsen ...ihnp4!ihwpt!knudsen Bell Labs(AT&T) Delphi: RAGTIMER CIS: "Just say NO to MS-DOS!"