Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bnl44.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sbcs!bnl44!jpm From: jpm@bnl44.UUCP (John McNamee) Newsgroups: net.micro.68k Subject: Re: Info on OS9 Operating System Message-ID: <1010@bnl44.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 03:42:29 EDT Article-I.D.: bnl44.1010 Posted: Fri Sep 27 03:42:29 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 11:21:46 EDT References: <347@wlbr.UUCP> <9500001@datacube.UUCP> Lines: 26 > We use OS9/68k as a real time kernel / executive as opposed to a > development system. I would never want to use it as a development > system though since I think unix is such a nice development > environment. > > My feeling is this is where Microware is making a BIG mistake. They > should be promoting it against VRTX and MTOS. ... > > We do all our development on a nice Pyramid 90x that runs both SYSTEM > V and Berkley 4.2 (We hardly ever use SYSTEM V). We cross compile > using the Microware C Cross compiler to prom based OS9 68000 on the > VME and Multibus. I'm happy you can afford a nice big Unix system. I sure can't, and there are more people in my position than there are in yours. Given the choice between developing under OS/9 or Unix, I would rather have Unix, but only if I was given the proper hardware to run it on. Unix runs like sh*t on small 68K systems with slow drives and limited memory. Given a limited hardware budget, OS/9 makes a lot more sense than Unix. -- John McNamee ..!decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl44!jpm jpm@BNL44.ARPA "MS-DOS is a communist plot"