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    From Marc J.@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 4 14:21:41 2021
    Below is a copy of the message I sent to Microware USA:

    Hi,

    Now, would it be possible to get a hobbyist version of OS-9 68K (like
    OpenVMS) or even better publish the sources :-)
    We would be happy even with a version 2.x

    A lot of open-source 68K projects need an operating system like OS-9.

    Best Regards,
    Marc J.
    --
    http://marc.retronik.fr/motorola/68K/68000.html

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  • From Marc J.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 12 09:48:05 2021
    Le 04/07/2021 à 14:21, Marc J. a écrit :
    Below is a copy of the message I sent to Microware USA:

    Hi,

    Now, would it be possible to get a hobbyist version of OS-9 68K (like OpenVMS) or even better publish the sources :-)
    We would be happy even with a version 2.x

    A lot of open-source 68K projects need an operating system like OS-9.

    Best Regards,
    Marc J.
    --
    http://marc.retronik.fr/motorola/68K/68000.html

    No answer from Microware, everything seems to be completely dead at OS-9


    --
    The 68K Documentation http://marc.retronik.fr/motorola/68K

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  • From Ralf Kiefer@21:1/5 to Marc J. on Mon Jul 12 12:56:44 2021
    Marc J. wrote:

    No answer from Microware, everything seems to be completely dead at OS-9

    Some months ago Microsys.de was the European Distributor of OS-9. But
    OS-9 disappeared from their web sites. I found some obsolete links: now
    404.

    Regards
    Ralf

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  • From bill@destwin.com@21:1/5 to Marc J. on Sun Jul 17 11:49:51 2022
    On Monday, July 12, 2021 at 3:48:07 AM UTC-4, Marc J. wrote:
    Le 04/07/2021 à 14:21, Marc J. a écrit :
    Below is a copy of the message I sent to Microware USA:

    Hi,

    Now, would it be possible to get a hobbyist version of OS-9 68K (like OpenVMS) or even better publish the sources :-)
    We would be happy even with a version 2.x

    A lot of open-source 68K projects need an operating system like OS-9.

    Best Regards,
    Marc J.
    --
    http://marc.retronik.fr/motorola/68K/68000.html
    No answer from Microware, everything seems to be completely dead at OS-9


    --
    The 68K Documentation http://marc.retronik.fr/motorola/68K

    Try this:

    https://www.rtsi.com/index.php/2-uncategorised/3-os-9-ce

    https://www.microware.com/index.php/contact/americas

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  • From Allen Huffman@21:1/5 to Marc J. on Sun Jul 17 20:06:50 2022
    On Sunday, July 4, 2021 at 7:21:43 AM UTC-5, Marc J. wrote:
    Below is a copy of the message I sent to Microware USA:

    Hi,

    Now, would it be possible to get a hobbyist version of OS-9 68K (like OpenVMS) or even better publish the sources :-)
    We would be happy even with a version 2.x

    A lot of open-source 68K projects need an operating system like OS-9.

    Hi, Marc. I worked for Microware (and, later, the company that acquired them) from 1995-2007 (with a gap in-between owners). The 68K used to be available for hobbyist use. Microware made their "Personal OS-9" for 68K available at lower cost to producers
    of hobbyist systems like the AT306, MM/1, WCP306 and a number of others. This would have been in the 1990s. I personally have two such systems, still with OS-9 2.4 (there was never a hobbyist release of the 3.0 version that I was aware of, at least not
    in the USA).

    Today, Microware is owned by a group that was involved with Microware back in its original run. In the USA, that's Allan Battieger of Real Time Services Inc in Dallas. I just heard from him yesterday, and he had mentioned some status about the 68K CPU
    product line. I wasn't even aware any were still being produced, but if there are, I'm gathering that is ending in the not-too-distant future.

    If this happens, where 68K is a "dead" product, what would a hobbyist version be ran on?

    I know they have OS-9 running (in a limited fashion) on a certain model of Raspberry Pi and some other better-supported ARM systems. That seems to be the direction they are heading, as far as a hobbyist platform.

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  • From Marc J.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 18 21:18:13 2022
    Hi,

    Le 18/07/2022 à 05:06, Allen Huffman a écrit :
    On Sunday, July 4, 2021 at 7:21:43 AM UTC-5, Marc J. wrote:
    Below is a copy of the message I sent to Microware USA:

    Hi,

    Now, would it be possible to get a hobbyist version of OS-9 68K (like
    OpenVMS) or even better publish the sources :-)
    We would be happy even with a version 2.x

    A lot of open-source 68K projects need an operating system like OS-9.

    Hi, Marc. I worked for Microware (and, later, the company that acquired them) from 1995-2007 (with a gap in-between owners). The 68K used to be available for hobbyist use. Microware made their "Personal OS-9" for 68K available at lower cost to
    producers of hobbyist systems like the AT306, MM/1, WCP306 and a number of others. This would have been in the 1990s. I personally have two such systems, still with OS-9 2.4 (there was never a hobbyist release of the 3.0 version that I was aware of, at
    least not in the USA).

    Today, Microware is owned by a group that was involved with Microware back in its original run. In the USA, that's Allan Battieger of Real Time Services Inc in Dallas. I just heard from him yesterday, and he had mentioned some status about the 68K CPU
    product line. I wasn't even aware any were still being produced, but if there are, I'm gathering that is ending in the not-too-distant future.

    If this happens, where 68K is a "dead" product, what would a hobbyist version be ran on?

    A hobbyist version could be used on the many 68K card projects developed
    by amateurs like: https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=boards:sbc:tiny68k https://blog.notartyoms-box.net/blitz/ https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=builderpages:plasmo:tiny030pcb https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=builderpages:plasmo:t68krc https://hackaday.io/project/177988-68k-mbc-a-3-ics-68008-homebrew-computer https://hackaday.io/project/183861-mackerel-68k-computer https://hackaday.io/project/164305-roscom68k https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=builderpages:plasmo:mb012
    ...

    I know they have OS-9 running (in a limited fashion) on a certain model of Raspberry Pi and some other better-supported ARM systems. That seems to be the direction they are heading, as far as a hobbyist platform.


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    The 68K Documentation http://marc.retronik.fr/motorola/68K

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