Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!mks!wheels 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. Lines: 28 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 43 Bridgeport Rd. E. BIX: mks Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2J4 CompuServe: 73260,1043