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Fwd: Correction necessary on IS web page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Janet Littell)
Thu Feb 24 15:39:55 2000
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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 15:43:38 -0500
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From: Janet Littell <jlittell@MIT.EDU>
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>From: rjpage@MIT.EDU
>To: is-home@MIT.EDU (IS Webmasters)
>Subject: Correction necessary on IS web page
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>Please provide as much information as you can. Thank you.
>
>** Incorrect information:
>The name of the Operating System (OS9) or (MACOS9)
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>** Location (URL):
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>** Correction:
>This is not a correction per se, but rather a question/clarification. Is
MACOS9 the same thing as OS9?
>
>The reason for my question is this:
>
>Microware Software Development in Des Moines, Iowa has had a a real-time
UNIX called OS9, since 1977. This OS was originally designed for systems
using the 6809 processor (thus the name OS9). This OS is primarily marketed
for embedded systems (a competitor of WRS' VxWorks). OS9 was later ported
and enhanced for the 68020 and 80386 families as OS-9000. There are
versions of OS-9000 for other platforms as well. Collectively, these
Microware products are referred to as OS9.
>
>If Apple purchased the right to package OS9 as an Apple product, fine (I'm
not concerned with the legalities here). My main concern is the confusion
over the name. If MACOS9 and OS9 from Microware ARE two completely
different products, then I would recommend a clarification in terminology,
at least in these pages. Not being a Mac user, OS9 to me refers to the
Microware products. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Russ Page
>253-9585
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>** Is there an original source for this information (i.e. author, owner,
etc.)?
>
>Microware Software Development
>Des Moines, Iowa
>
>** Do you have a special interest in this information (i.e. owner,
frequent reader, etc.)?
>
>I have a copy of OS-9000 running on an 80486 at home. The use of this OS
was at the heart of my Master's Project (Thesis).
>
