Radisys is pleased to announce the release of OS-9 v5.2 for PowerPC, SH4, and X86. This is a free update for customers with a current OS-9 support subscription. Contact your OS-9 sales representative for update information.
Highlights of the v1.3.1 update include:
- Password files can now include encrypted passwords. OS-9 now supports the encryption of passwords that appear in the SYS/password file. Several utilities have been added to support this feature: passutil, useradd, userdel, and usermod. - USB support improved. The OS-9 Configuration Wizard has been enhanced to better support configuration of the USB. In addition, the drivers were improved to better support USB controller discovery. Now, a single boot can be used on multiple systems with different USB controller configurations. - Variadic Macros supported. Ultra C/C++ now supports the definition of macros that take a variable number of arguments. This includes support for GNU C extensions that allow for 0 variable arguments and using a name of your choice for the variable arguments. - Updated time zone database.
- Many maintenance and enhancements have been resolved since the last release. The Release Notes document for this release is 66 pages.
Other product options include:
- Canbus for OS-9 v5.2
- EtherCAT for OS-9 v5.2
- HawkEye for OS-9 v5.2
- NetSNMP for OS-9 v5.2
- Network Security for OS-9 v5.2
- Reliance File System for OS-9 v5.2
- TrueFFS for OS-9 v5.2
- YAFFS NAND Flash for OS-9 v5.2
> Radisys is pleased to announce the release of OS-9 v5.2 for PowerPC, SH4, and X86. This is a free update for customers with a current OS-9 support subscription.
Hi Radisys,
Do you plan to release a free version of OS-9 for 68K?
(for hobbyist use)
On Friday, August 31, 2012 7:06:01 AM UTC-5, KenLoach wrote:
> Do you plan to release a free version of OS-9 for 68K?
OS-9 for 68K is still an active selling product. Charging for our products is necessary so we can provide support, make enhancements, and release new versions.
The current release of OS-9 for 68k is v1.3.1. This release has the same compiler (ucc_v3.1) and Hawk as the v5.0 PowerPC/X86/ARM9/SH4/SH4A release. A lot of work went into Hawk before the v5.0 and v1.3.1 releases. Anyone that has not already updated, really should.
In article <e3139312-b53f-478d-99ee-5971d8ef8f00@googlegroups.com>,
Microware OS-9 <microware...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Friday, August 31, 2012 7:06:01 AM UTC-5, KenLoach wrote:
>> Do you plan to release a free version of OS-9 for 68K?
> OS-9 for 68K is still an active selling product. Charging for our products is necessary so we can provide support, make enhancements, and release new versions. > The current release of OS-9 for 68k is v1.3.1. This release has the same compiler (ucc_v3.1) and Hawk as the v5.0 PowerPC/X86/ARM9/SH4/SH4A release. A lot of work went into Hawk before the v5.0 and v1.3.1 releases. Anyone that has not already updated, really should.
Don't suppose there is any chance you might consider releasing the
pre-68K (yes, I mean the 6809 stuff) including source under something
like the GPL or BSD style licenses? :-)
bill
-- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
billg...@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
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On Friday, August 31, 2012 10:13:10 AM UTC-5, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> Don't suppose there is any chance you might consider releasing the
> pre-68K (yes, I mean the 6809 stuff) including source under something
> like the GPL or BSD style licenses? :-)
I don't think that is likely.
(ahhhh, fond memories of my first Gimix OS-9 Level 2 system comes flooding back)
> On Friday, August 31, 2012 10:13:10 AM UTC-5, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> > Don't suppose there is any chance you might consider releasing the
> > pre-68K (yes, I mean the 6809 stuff) including source under something
> > like the GPL or BSD style licenses? :-)
> I don't think that is likely.
How about a low-cost license for binaries-only of the 6809 stuff?
d...@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) wrote in news:WYSdnUxlWPY-
wNrNnZ2dnUVZ_r2dn...@giganews.com:
> > On Friday, August 31, 2012 10:13:10 AM UTC-5, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> > > Don't suppose there is any chance you might consider releasing the
> > > pre-68K (yes, I mean the 6809 stuff) including source under something
> > > like the GPL or BSD style licenses? :-)
> > I don't think that is likely.
> How about a low-cost license for binaries-only of the 6809 stuff?
> De
Dennis
I think you can find something called Nitro09 arounf that is like OS-9 but is sorta support by some of the old Microware / Coco folks.
> I think you can find something called Nitro09 arounf that is like OS-9 > but is sorta support by some of the old Microware / Coco folks.
Yup, I'm aware of NitrOS9, etc. But I think the hobbyist community
would be interested in being able to legitimately run the real thing.
A low-cost hobbyist license for non-commercial use, with no vendor
support, is something that has been very popular amongst DEC equipment
collectors. As best I've been able to discover, the 6809 product
isn't actually sold any more, though I could _very_ easily have
missed something.
In article <dJmdnaKHYsfiYtXNnZ2dnUVZ_s6dn...@giganews.com>,
d...@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) writes:
> > I think you can find something called Nitro09 arounf that is like OS-9 > > but is sorta support by some of the old Microware / Coco folks.
> Yup, I'm aware of NitrOS9, etc. But I think the hobbyist community
> would be interested in being able to legitimately run the real thing.
> A low-cost hobbyist license for non-commercial use, with no vendor
> support, is something that has been very popular amongst DEC equipment
> collectors.
Since when? The only DEC (actually former DEC, today HP) OS with a valid
hobbyist license is VMS. There is none for any of the other DEC OSes.
> As best I've been able to discover, the 6809 product
> isn't actually sold any more, though I could _very_ easily have
> missed something.
And some of us are actually interested in seeing if it could be ported
to other hardware of the same era as the 6809. But I guess I will be
stuck trying NitrOS9 unless I find it, too, has some sticking point
that makes it not legal.
bill
-- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves
billg...@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton |
Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include <std.disclaimer.h>
On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:49:52 -0600, Egan Ford wrote:
> On 9/5/12 7:17 AM, Microware OS-9 wrote:
>> I don't think that is likely.
> Why?
What makes you think that "Microware OS-9" is anything to do with Radisys? His e-mail address shows he's posting from Gmail rather than via the company mailservers, so at best he's posting unofficially.
-- martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |
On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 09:51:26 -0600, Egan Ford wrote:
> On 9/6/12 5:29 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>> What makes you think that "Microware OS-9" is anything to do with
>> Radisys?
> I do not see where I stated or implied that. It was a simple question
> to someones thought.
I misplaced my reply: apologies. It was meant to be a reply to Bill Gunshannon, who appears to believe that "Microware OS-9" is some sort of vendor rep.
-- martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |
> I misplaced my reply: apologies. It was meant to be a reply to Bill
> Gunshannon, who appears to believe that "Microware OS-9" is some sort of
> vendor rep.
In the US, Allan Batteiger is the route to formally request a new kind of license. He has the inside track with the business folks at Radisys.
Me, I just express personal opinions and do not speak for Radisys. But in my opinion, from the little I know of Nitro09, it looks like a violation of Radisys IP.
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:01:30 AM UTC-5, Microware OS-9 wrote:
> Radisys sells and supports Microware OS-9 through three Value-Added Resellers.
> In the US, Allan Batteiger is the route to formally request a new kind of license. He has the inside track with the business folks at Radisys.
> Me, I just express personal opinions and do not speak for Radisys. But in my opinion, from the little I know of Nitro09, it looks like a violation of Radisys IP.
How little you know, indeed.
NitrOS-9 (not Nitro09) was started years ago by Bill Noble, Curtis Boyle, and Wes Gale to adapt the then-Tandy version of OS-9 Level Two to the 6309. Some years later, I (Boisy Pitre) and Alan DeKok back-ported it to the 6809, and added community patches and enhancements to it.
In 2003 I contacted RadiSys about releasing the 6809 source in an effort to legitimize the project. It would have been a minor bit of work for them to find the source and release it, but they never acted on the request.
Meanwhile, NitrOS-9 has been extended to support Level 1 (64K) systems and further ported to the Dragon 64, Dragon Tano, CoCo 1 and 2, as well as the Atari 8-bitters using the Liber809 board.
NitrOS-9 is just as good -- no, BETTER than Microware's 6809 version of OS-9. The tools have been written to do cross-assembly and creation of RBF disk images, and additional technologies like DriveWire have been created to allow running NitrOS-9 on 6809 hardware very easy to do.
