Personal OS-9 - Home/Hobby/Small Business Support

The goal of this is to provide a list of resources for people who want to use OS-9 as a general purpose computer around home, or in a small business setting. The list grew from an MM/1 specific list, so currently most of the programs listed are specific to the MM/1 and MM/1a computers.

This list has been compiled from information collected on the Internet, as well as from fliers found at various CoCoFests. I'm not responsible for any errors made in this list...but if you find any problems, please let me know, and I will seek to correct them.

  Update History:
  08/12/96 Seielstad  Updated TechnoTeacher.
  04/29/96 Seielstad  Updated strongware
  03/04/96 Seielstad  added digigrade.
  02/29/96 Seielstad  minor changes to vendors.
  02/26/96 Seielstad  Added BBS's, ftp sites, and mailing lists.
                      Updated Sub-Etha, Farna Systems, Wittman, Blackhawk
  02/23/96 Seielstad  Updated addresses, added WWW pages, ftp sites, etc
  03/08/95 Seielstad  Initial posting.

• Hardware:
  • MM/1 (68070 CPU)
  • MM/1a (MM/1 with 68340 CPU)
  • MM/1b (16-bit PC Bus with 68306 CPU)
  • EK68020 (aka Frank Hoggs Labs Kix20)
  • EK68030 (aka Frank Hoggs Labs Kix30)
  • MGA Video adaptors
• Software:
  • Checkbook+
  • Desktop
  • Paint
  • BGFX
  • KTerm
  • Towel/OSK
  • CDL Basic
  • CDL Scripture

1. 76510.2203@compuserve.com
2. bvdpoel@awinc.com

• Ved/Vprint - text processing utils.
• Cribbage game.
• Magazine index system.
• Vmail - mailing list manager.

• Running on a 2 MEG Highly modified CoCo. Over 200 MEGs of storage and UUCP capabilities coming online some time before May (1996). Support for the CoCo & OS-9. Currently it is totally free - There may be a fee for UUCP access.

• Running on a CoCo. Support for the CoCo and OS-9.

• EBaC -- Electronic Bible and Concordance

1. bkitt@delphi.com
2. brucegerst@delphi.com

• Tiles
• Monitor
• Trek
• OSKBase
• BuffEdit
• OSmines

• Gold Runner 2000
• Image Master (sprite editor)
• Gambit (Game board editor)
• ShellMate

• DAS Graphical adventure game (CD-ROM)
• Front
• Launch II Makes a desktop like Gwindows!
• Launch III Gives you wallpaper and a menubar like the Mac!

1. zog@val.net
2. TheFatCat@aol.com

• Publishes E-Zine: "The OS9 Underground Ezine" http://members.aol.com/os9under
• Mailing list see: "OS9UNDER"
• Software: OSK Toolkit

• Publishes magazine: "The World Of 68 Micros". Published bi-monthly. $24 per year for the US, $30 for Canada.
• Manual: "OS-9 Quick Reference and Programmers Guide for Professional OS-9"
• Hardware: at306 Complete Systems

• klock - digital clock w/cuckoo
• gnop - PONG(tm) for the MM/1
• vcdp - Virtual CD Player
• Waves - sound file editor
• CDF - CDRom file manager for OS9/68k
• IconBasic/68k.

• Hardware:
  • Sales Rep. for Blackhawk products (MM/1, MM/1a MM/1b Hardware)
• Software:
  • RiBBS/OSK
  • Complete line of Bob van der Poel software.

• Blackhawk Enterprises
• Warren Hrach
• Wittman Computer Products

• Sculptor 4gl+sql applications development system.

• MOTD newsletter (send Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope for membership kit.)

• OSTerm 68k
• KVed
• White's Speedisk
• SC/ISpell/Rogue Disk
• UltiMuse/K (midi software)
• The complete line of Bob van der Poel software.

• Running RiBBS/OSK on MM/1. Lots of OS-9/68000 software. Support BBS for RiBBS_MM1, Blackhawk's MM/1, MM/1a, and MM/1b.

• a few MM/1 programs, and generic OS-9/68000 programs (gcc, sox, etc)

• Send email to TrollServe@aol.com, with the single word: "subscribe" in the msg body.

• Running on a SUN 4/260. This BBS has Support for OS-9, OSK, OS-9000, the CoCo, MS-DOS and also has graphic files and audio files for download. This BBS has UUCP and chat. Two lines.

• SPaint
• Graphics Tablet software (brand not listed)
• Graphic Tools
• MM/1 Starter Pack
• BShow
• CopyCat (Simon-style game)
• Icon Editor for EthaGUI

• Blackhawk Enterprises (Towel/OSK, CheckBook+)
• Wittman Computer Products (EthaGUI, WriteRight)

TechnoTeacher, Inc.
P. O. Box 23795
Rochester, New York 14692
+1 716 389 0961
fax +1 716 389 0960
info@techno.com
WWW Page: 
http://www.techno.com/tti_company.html#History
        *oj (OddJob Script language)
[updated: 08/12/96]

• send e-mail to listserv@acs.brockport.edu, in the body of the letter send the command: "sub wcp306 firstname lastname"

1. wittman@frontiernet.net
2. ww2150@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu
3. swamps.roc.ny.us!mm1wny!wlwjr

• Hardware:
  • Resells MM/1 hardware
  • wcp306 (16-bit PC bus with 68306 cpu)
• Software:
  • GCal
  • DeskTamer
  • CirCad
  • LaTerm/LaDial/LaPhone/LaFax
  • InfoXpress
  • Paint
  • Desktop
  • Variations of Solitaire
  • OSK Game Pack
  • KChess
  • X10 Master Control Program
  • Using AWK with OS-9 (GnuAWK)
  • Write-Right
  • Etha-GUI
  • M6809 emulator

WWW pages: OS-9 Information
1. MM/1 FAQ - http://www.acs.brockport.edu/mm1
2. OS-9 FAQ - http://os9archive.rtsi.com/os9faq.html
3. OS-9 Users Group FAQ - http://os9archive.rtsi.com/os9ugfaq.html
4. OS-9 Companies - http://os9archive.rtsi.com/os9companies.html
5. Zog's OS-9 Vendor Index - http://www.val.net/~fatcat/os9vendors.html
6. Zog's OS-9 Underground E-Zine - os9underground
7. Wittman Computer Products - http://www.frontiernet.net/~wittman/
8. OS-9 Community Network http://iccu6.ipswich.gil.com.au/~bdevries/OCN.html

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