Microware Systems Corporation existed as a separate entity from 1977 until September 2001, when it was bought by RadiSys Corp., and became a division of that company. The rights to Microware OS-9 and related software were purchased by a group of distributors on 1 March 2013. The new owner was Microware LP. Microware initially produced a version of BASIC and a real-time kernel for the Motorola 6800processor, and was asked by Motorola to develop what turned into BASIC09 for the then-new Motorola 6809 processor. Having written BASIC09, they decided it needed an operating system underlying it, and they created the first version of OS-9.
OS-9 was ported to the 68000 family of processors and, after being rewritten mostly in C, to the Intel80x86, PowerPC, ARM, MIPS, and some of the HitachiSuperH (SH) series processors. Initially, in the days of the SS-50 bus and SS-50C bus systems such as SWTPC, Gimix, and Smoke Signal Broadcasting, OS-9 was used more as a general purpose microcomputer operating system and had a large, active hobbyist-user population. OS-9 was also popular with industrial and embedded-system users. This was especially true when OS-9 was available for popular 6809-based computers such as the FM-7, FM-77, and the TandyTRS-80 Color Computer and its near-clone, the Dragon. Over time, Microware concentrated on industrial customers and neglected the hobbyist base that was porting a great many Unix packages and utilities to OS-9.
microware, confused, with, microwave, systems, corporation, american, software, company, based, clive, iowa, that, produced, real, time, operating, system, systems, corporationindustrycomputer, softwarefounded1977, years, 1977, defunct2001fateacquired, radisys. Not to be confused with Microwave Microware Systems Corporation was an American software company based in Clive Iowa that produced the OS 9 real time operating system Microware Systems CorporationIndustryComputer softwareFounded1977 46 years ago 1977 Defunct2001FateAcquired by RadiSysHeadquartersClive Iowa United StatesProductsOS 9 OS 9000Websitewww wbr microware wbr comMicroware Systems Corporation existed as a separate entity from 1977 until September 2001 when it was bought by RadiSys Corp and became a division of that company The rights to Microware OS 9 and related software were purchased by a group of distributors on 1 March 2013 The new owner was Microware LP Microware initially produced a version of BASIC and a real time kernel for the Motorola 6800 processor and was asked by Motorola to develop what turned into BASIC09 for the then new Motorola 6809 processor Having written BASIC09 they decided it needed an operating system underlying it and they created the first version of OS 9 OS 9 was ported to the 68000 family of processors and after being rewritten mostly in C to the Intel 80x86 PowerPC ARM MIPS and some of the Hitachi SuperH SH series processors Initially in the days of the SS 50 bus and SS 50C bus systems such as SWTPC Gimix and Smoke Signal Broadcasting OS 9 was used more as a general purpose microcomputer operating system and had a large active hobbyist user population OS 9 was also popular with industrial and embedded system users This was especially true when OS 9 was available for popular 6809 based computers such as the FM 7 FM 77 and the Tandy TRS 80 Color Computer and its near clone the Dragon Over time Microware concentrated on industrial customers and neglected the hobbyist base that was porting a great many Unix packages and utilities to OS 9 Microware products EditRT68 the original product for the 6800 OS 9 and OS 9000 real time operating systems for a wide range of embedded CPU architectures CD RTOS the operating system used in the Philips CD i players which was a special version of OS 9 68K v2 4 DAVID the Digital Audio Video Interactive Decoder platform for digital TV Ariel a micro OS based on an OS Microware acquired MTOS UX by IPI Color Computer 3 BASIC ROM extensions to support 80 column text and new graphics modes not in the CoCo 1 and 2 s Extended Color BASIC ROMExternal links EditOfficial site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Microware amp oldid 1134317202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
