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From: njc@nsscb.UUCP (Neil Cherry)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: Help!
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Date: 2 Feb 90 17:48:50 GMT
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Reply-To: njc@nsscb.UUCP (Neil Cherry (STARGRP))
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There are alot of different machines, example a CoCo I, CoCo II, or CoCo III
which is cheap in price. Next on the 6809 front is a gimix ghost which runs
about $6000 (at least the one I used to work with did) but that allows you
to have multiple terminals. That clas of machines run OS9 level I or II (the
9 is for 6809). Now I own 1 sardis ST2900 running os9 level I it cost about
$500 for 3 floppies a case power supply and OS9. I also have a PT68K machine
running OSK (68000 cpu know also as a 68K processor) it has 4 serial ports
an IBM mono monitor and IBM XT keyboard it runs OSK 2.3 it cost about $1500
it has a meg of ram. I like this machine a lot. I've also worked on a PEP
VME 2000 a $10,000 system with hard drives floppies 13 serial ports and 5
parallel ports also a lot of other "neat stuff" it runs 2.2 its one of my
favorites. Finally OS9000 is a generic package available for 386 PC machines
and various 68K family machines. So for OS9 is for 6809's CPU's, OSK is for
68K family processors, and OS9000 is for 386 processors and 68K processors.
Prices will vary from machine to machine depending on its capabilities.
NJC