11 Mar
2005
11 Mar
'05
2:38 a.m.
OK, I kept digging, and I finally came across my AtariST/Amiga switchable
mouse - so I might have an Amiga soon.
(I still didn't find my ratzenfrackenfrippenfrumble eprom burner w/builtin
eraser - so I'm considering buying a separate eraser just to have a spare.)
With all this talk of "Operating Systems you're not supposed to run on your
computer" lately, this just begs the question: I *thought* there were
versions of OS-9 that existed for the AtariST and/or the Amiga - as in
OS-9/68K. Anybody know anything about a possible Amiga version? I'd be kind
of interested in running that, just because I'm not supposed to... ;-)
Laterz,
"Merch"
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers
_??_ zmerch at 30below.com
(?||?) If at first you don't succeed, nuclear warhead
_)(_ disarmament should *not* be your first career choice.
11 Mar
11 Mar
3:04 a.m.
New subject: OS-68K (was Re: I Found a Mouse!)
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:38:36 -0500, Roger Merchberger
<zmerch at 30below.com> wrote:
With all this talk of "Operating Systems
you're not supposed to run on your
computer" lately, this just begs the question: I *thought* there were
versions of OS-9 that existed for the AtariST and/or the Amiga - as in
OS-9/68K. Anybody know anything about a possible Amiga version? I'd be kind
of interested in running that, just because I'm not supposed to... ;-)
I would be less surprised to hear there was an OS-68K implementation for Atari
hardware than Amiga hardware. The only OSes I know of for the Amiga are
AmigaDOS (duh), Amix (SysV), Minix, *BSD, and Linux. I happen to have
genuine purchased copies of Minix, and long ago, I did download sources for,
IIRC, NetBSD but never installed them (there's support there for more types of
devices for my GG2 Bus+ board than under AmigaDOS, scarily enough).
Feel free to prove me wrong, though. I've always had a vague interest
in OS-68K,
if for no other reason than the fact that it should be a fairly
hardware-indifferent
platform for the MC680x0 family, coupled with the fact that it is not UNIXlike.
I have occasonally wondered, though, what kind of apps are out there for OS-68K,
and what storage devices, file systems, etc., are supported.
Oh... just remembered... I _do_ own an OS-68K device, but I'm not sure
if it's on
or off topic... a Ramp Networks Web Ramp... I was poking around on the
maintenance
console and discovered that it's running OS-68K on a 68330 chip. FWIW.
-ethan
1:47 p.m.
New subject: OS-68K (was Re: I Found a Mouse!)
Hi,
Ethan Dicks said:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:38:36 -0500, Roger Merchberger
<zmerch at 30below.com> wrote:
There was an Atari version of OS9/68K, I was at one time trying to get a
copy, but the vendor (Microware??) wanted more money for it than a new
Atari cost so I didn't pursue it very far.
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
With all this talk of "Operating Systems
you're not supposed to run on your
computer" lately, this just begs the question: I *thought* there were
versions of OS-9 that existed for the AtariST and/or the Amiga - as in
OS-9/68K. Anybody know anything about a possible Amiga version? I'd be kind
of interested in running that, just because I'm not supposed to... ;-)
I would be less surprised to hear there was an OS-68K implementation for Atari
hardware than Amiga hardware.
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