#: 3607 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    19-May-90  20:48:48
Sb: #OS9 for Embedded System?
Fm: Charles H. Murray 73707,1752
To: all

I am in the process of designing a small embedded system and was interested in
using OS-9 on a 68000 microprocessor.  I have some implementation questions for
those of you out there with considerable experience with OS-9.

1.  What are the memory requirements for running OS-9 on a 68000?  (i.e. Will
it fit in 64K, 32K, what?)

2.  I was planning on using a Sun 3/80 for developement, is this OK?

3.  How about a brief description of OS-9 with regards to multitasking,
interprocess communications, device driver implementation, etc.  This software
will have to interface to some analog and digital sensors and some
communications equipment (i.e. modems, terminals)

I have developed many embedded systems from 8 bit processors programmed with
assembly and FORTH, to VMEbus computers running various realtime kernels, but I
have yet to venture into the OS-9 arena.  Any help on any or all of these
questions will be greatly appreciated.

Charlie - Washington, D.C.

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