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From: wheels@mks.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: OS/9 and other operating systems
Message-ID: <325@mks.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 17:21:28 EST
Article-I.D.: mks.325
Posted: Thu Dec  3 17:21:28 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Dec-87 11:47:12 EST
References: <8712030211.AA03408@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ont.
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Summary: IDRIS is also available

In article <8712030211.AA03408@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, AB084@DK0RRZK0.BITNET writes:
> Which candidates do I see? Well, there are OS/9 and RTOS-UH. MINIX is
> being ported and there are even rumours about UNIX. I've read very
> positive articles about EUMEL (which I have never used or seen at work)
> in German magazines. There may be more. Hope we'll know soon.
> 
> I hope this will be the start of an interesting and useful discussion.
> 
> 
>             Michael Eibl                     ab084@dk0rrzk0.bitnet

In the Unix line of things, the OS called IDRIS has been ported to the
ST.  I've not seen it, so I don't know how good the port is.  As far as
I can gather, IDRIS is a Unix look-alike, based on System V, written by
Whitesmith's.  My Unix friends don't think it's as good as other
Unix'es, but it sounds like a good start to me.  I've heard that it is
being used as a platform for several large programs, but I can't recall
what they were.  I thought the IDRIS prices were a little high, given
the price of the computer and the "power without the price" philosophy
of it.  I think the full system, with compiler, was over $800.  Has
anyone on the net used ST IDRIS?

Can anyone tell us more about EUMEL? I've never heard of it.
-- 
     Gerry Wheeler                           Phone: (519)884-2251
Mortice Kern Systems Inc.               UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!wheels
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