#: 14141 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    31-Jan-92  11:43:58
Sb: #14136-New to OS9,Need Power
Fm: Pete Lyall 76703,4230
To: JAMES LONG 70043,2203

James -

ANY time you step into a new environment it appears to be hostile and barren...
this is mostly a) extreme familiarity with your previous environment and b)
lack of knowledge about where to get the utils & tools for the new environment.

With the possible exception of MS-DOS's new shell, I think most folks would
find bare bones DOS a pretty ugly option as well.

Most of my background with OS9 was with the 6809 version, so that may be of
limited use to you. The good news is that most folks in the os9 domain post
SOURCES in their AR files (our equivalent of .ZIP files - you'll need AR68.BIN
to bust them up), and for the most part these sources will port fairly easily
to 68K boxes.

On a file finder, look at the FILES.AR source in DL9. Should port to OSK
without too much of a problem. Regarding the other stuff, perhaps some of the
more active 68K folks will chime in.

Pete