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From: erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga Dealers/Commodore
Summary: Replacement OS's
Message-ID: <1239@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 88 06:22:01 GMT
References: <4322@cbmvax.UUCP> <1209@flatline.UUCP> <4353@cbmvax.UUCP>
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In article <4353@cbmvax.UUCP>, marc@cbmvax.UUCP (Marc Rifkin CATS) writes:
> In article <1209@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes:
> >Oh yeah, don't forget the cocoIII running OS9 Level II.  CBM should
> 
> Oh yeah, but RUNNING OS9.  Amiga does not have to *RUN* anything in order
> to multitask.  And since mtasking is its native mode, most (I wish I could
> say all) programs support it.

Oh, so then your Amiga doesn't *RUN* AmigaDos?  The OS9 for the CoCo
is just that: a replacement OS.  Just like UNIX on a 386 box:
DOS isn't required to "run" unix; neither is TrashDos needed to
"run" OS9.

OS9 on a CoCo *is* native mode.  It's no longer a CoCo, but an OS9 box
instead.  Unfortunatley, most people don't know what OS9 is in the
first place.... :-)
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