FW: OS/9 and software for the 6809 (was RE: trying to design myfirst micro- looking for "prior art")

[Lyle Bickley]

On Saturday 03 December 2005 13:06, Robert Armstrong wrote:
>   Thanks, Lyle.  Just for my own personal interest I'd love to know.
>
>   But if it's going to become a larger project, then a lot will depend on
> the current copyright status of OS/9.  Do you know anything about the
> current owners?

IIRC, OS-9 was developed by Microware and Microware is now owned by RadiSys:
http://www.radisys.com/oem_products/microware_OS-9.cfm

I'm not sure how they would "view" their old versions for the 680x chips - 
which appear to be no longer supported...

BTW: Note that it's "OS-9" and NOT "OS/9" - I had forgotton that little 
tidbit.

Cheers,
Lyle

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
> On Behalf Of Lyle Bickley
> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 12:34 PM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: OS/9 and software for the 6809 (was RE: trying to design
> myfirst micro- looking for "prior art")
>
>
> Bob,
>
> On Saturday 03 December 2005 10:12, Robert Armstrong wrote:
> --snip--
>
> >   I know there was at one time an OS/9 for the 6809 - does anybody
> > know the status of that today?  Is there other software for the 6809
> > floating around these days?
>
> Some years ago, I gave a buddy of mine in the east coast two 6809 systems
> running OS/9. I gave him complete sets of the OS/9 operating system,
> associated software, manuals, spare parts, etc.
>
> I've sent him an email - and will let you know if he still has it and if I
> can
> get copies of the software/manuals made.
>
> Cheers,
> Lyle

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Lyle Bickley
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Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com

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