6502 OSes? (was OS/9 and software for the 6809)

[Philip Pemberton]

In message <001801c5f835$21bac2d0$0401010a at jfcl.com>
          "Robert Armstrong" <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:

>   I love fooling around with old microprocessors too, but one of my issues
> is that I hate writing software for them.  After I get all the hardware
> built, I'm kind of stuck with the question "Now what???"  Toggling in little
> LED blinking programs and things like that gets old pretty fast. 

I have the same problem. I've got a nice little homebrew 8MHz 6502-based
micro sitting next to me with an EPROM emulator hooked up. I've got EhBASIC
running on it, now I'm stuck in a "Now what? Write a DOS?" situation.

>   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?

What I would REALLY like is something similar to OS/9, but for the 6502.

I've got a crateload of CPLDs here just begging to be used for something
useful - splat a Xilinx XC9572XL and a 3V3 regulator on a board, then wire up
a floppy controller IC (uPD765 'cos that's all I've got in my junkbox) and
IDE hard drive interface on a single Eurocard. Could be good fun - and it
would leave me one spare board for my Atari DVG clone. Asteroids on a
homebrew board.. sounds like fun :)

Later.
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