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From: djh9381@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.J. Halko)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: OS9000/386
Message-ID: <1805@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Date: 20 Dec 89 04:26:49 GMT
References: <1989Dec18.085728.9745@metro.ucc.su.oz.au>
Reply-To: djh9381@ultb.isc.rit.edu (D.J. Halko)
Organization: Information Systems and Computing @ RIT, Rochester, New York
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Another question on OS9000
 
 Is OS9000 going to suffer the same fate as OS968K? (being too expensive to
 purchase as a runtime OS for a computer.) I would say the most influencial
 factor in purchasing an OS-9 based computer is cost for low end users. As a
 college student, I can't afford to shell out $500 for an OS, thus I am 
 forced to be an active user of Level I and Level II 6809 based OS-9 (which
 can be dug up for the Tandy Color Computer 3 through Tandy.)
  
  With the availability of C Compilers for other computers and OS's (I can
  pick up Turbo Pascal for MS-Dos for $75 at local malls... MS-Dos comes
  free with most clones now a days, or is very reasonable. Lets say the
  total price tag is $200 for C and a Dos of choice (bad choice in my opinion.) 
  Will there be an optional small version of the DOS available for lower 
  end computer users? (something that won't cost $900 a copy - Not when you can
  get 386 based clones now for twice that cost.)
   
   David J. Halko