Re: 6809 Coprocessor (was Re: CP/M on //e?)

[ds_spenc@alcor.concordia.ca (Doug Spence)]

Louis Schulman (louiss@gate.net) wrote:
: In <53l300$552@newsflash.concordia.ca>, ds_spenc@alcor.concordia.ca (Doug Spence) writes:

: >6809!  That's cool, I didn't even know you could get a 6809 card for the 
: >II.  Can you run OS-9 on it?  That would be something fun to try.

: Yes.  In fact the card runs about the earliest version of OS9, from 1980.  It
: makes the Apple a completely different machine, since OS9 is patterned on
: UNIX, and is multi-tasking multi-user and real-time.  I have yet to find
: another person in the world (except David E.A. Wilson) who is familiar with
: this system on an Apple.

That's great!  I haven't seen OS-9 on any system, but I've heard a lot 
about it and it sounds like an excellent OS.  Running it on an Apple 
would be a thrill!  (And perhaps on a SuperPET, too? :) )

I take it 6809 processor boards aren't very common?  Everyone I knew had 
Z80 cards. :)


Doug Spence
DS_SPENC@alcor.concordia.ca