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From: smq@hlhop.UUCP (Steven M. Queriolo)
Newsgroups: net.micro.6809
Subject: CoCo Food for Thought
Message-ID: <312@hlhop.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 21-Jun-84 10:24:58 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 21 10:24:58 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 06:24:15 EDT
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OK, here are some queries that should spark some discussion in net.micro.6809:

Well, I just configured my White CoCo with two drives, and OS9.  The first
drive is a white RS drive, the second, a shugart.

(1) I ran the OS-9 drive test and found that the rpm's on the RS were
    about 300.1; the shugart was around 297.5  Disks written on one can
    be read by the other, so I don't see any problem, right now.  But is
    this a problem for the future?  Might I have trouble reading other
    people's disks?  Is 1% rpm difference acceptable?

(2) With OS-9, I haven't picked up a C compiler yet.  What are the 
    recomended ones?  And, how close are they to K&R?  

(3) How about other language compilers for OS-9?  Pascal?  Ada? 

(4) How about a good editor that runs under OS-9? Maybe a vi or emacs
    clone.

(5) Anyone port any other UNIX commands to OS-9?  Maybe a package of
    routines?

(6) Since files are timestamped, I am contemplating writing an incremental
    backup utility.  Do any of the C's support getting the timestamp on files?

(7) Why did OS-9 developers not use the actual UNIX command names?
    Were they trying to make it user-friendly?

(8) What is the difference between t1 and p? Don't they use the same port?

As I get deeper into OS-9, I'll post more items for discussion.

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			Steven M. Queriolo
			AT&T Bell Laboratories
			..........hlhop!smq