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Re: 6502 Multitasking OS announce

Subject: Re: 6502 Multitasking OS announce
From: sheldon@netcom.com (Sheldon Simms)
Date: 1996/03/25
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm, comp.os.misc, alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.apple2.programmer, comp.sys.atari.8bit
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In article <treiter-2403961943330001@10.0.2.15> treiter@comet.net (Toby Reiter) writes:
>
>If this OS exists, and as a 6502 OS I assume it's compatible with the
>Apple II, has anyone tried it yet on their computer?  Have other,
>non-Apple II, people tried it out either? Feedback?  Is it actually worth
>using or is it just a really neat idea?

The answer is that it could be an Apple II OS, but it isn't for
right now. Although it is written for the 6502, it utilizes hardware
features not found (or differently accessed) on the Apple II. So until
someone ports it, it won't run on an Apple II.

-Sheldon

References:
- Re: 6502 Multitasking OS announce
  - From: Michael Ellis <michael@anest4.anest.ufl.edu>
- Re: 6502 Multitasking OS announce
  - From: holger@deep.hb.provi.de (Holger Bruns)
- Re: 6502 Multitasking OS announce
  - From: treiter@comet.net (Toby Reiter)

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