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- From: jjs40@cd.amdahl.com (John Sullivan)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
- Subject: OS9 on 68K VME / Wanted 6809 OS9 system.
- Message-ID: <03Wh02fW1fxf01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 18:38:26 GMT
- Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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- I recently acquired (for free) a VME rack with some 68K cards and
- a SASI disk controller which can run an ST506 type hard drive. I am
- currently running CP/M-68K on it, but it is my understanding that
- OS9 is available now for 68K CPUs and I am very interested in trying
- it out.
-
- Where can OS9 for a 68K CPU be obtained? Can I get it in a flavor that
- more or less runs on my system? If not, can I get it in a generic flavor
- that I can customize and boot strap? If OS9 won't ever be able to run on
- my system, what kind of system do I need to run it?
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- Also, I'm interested in acquiring an OS9 capable 6809-based system.
- I'd like to get something that is fairly maintainable (socketed chips, few
- homebrew mods) that can support two disk drives and will run on a composite
- monitor or an ASCII terminal. Does anyone have one of these to sell or
- know where I can find one? Is a CoCo3 a viable option? (I used to own one
- of the first CoCo systems. A nice machine.)
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- John Sullivan, Engineer/Computer Development. Email: jjs40@cd.amdahl.com.
- Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA. Phone: (408)746-4688.
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