Date   : Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:34:02 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: Cumana 68008 second processor & OS-9/68000?

On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 19:55 +1000, Bob Devries wrote:
> Wow, If that card is around, it would mean I'd (potentially) have yet
> another computer that runs OS9.

Heh. There was me thinking I knew of all the second processors for the
BBC too, and then this turned up!

There was a hack about to connect a Dragon 32 (6809-based) to the BBC as
a second processor. Whether it was a 'real' second processor or just two
systems with shared I/O I'm not sure though. I *think* I've got OS9 on
disk for the Dragon, but of course that's not quite the same as loading
it through the BBC onto a second processor...

The magazine with the Dragon 2nd processor article in is off with a
friend at the moment and I haven't read it yet, but I'll see if I can
grab that this week and scan it (unless someone knows of it online
already)
 
>  There are newsgroups dedicated to OS9 either
> the 6809 version, or the 68000 version.

Thanks - I'll do some poking around there and maybe post a few
questions.

Oh, I know someone who did a port of OS9 to the Torch Triple-X too; I'll
have to see if I can get a copy sometime...

cheers,

Jules