Talk:OS-9

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This discussion page is for the article OS-9 which is about an operating system produced by Microware in Iowa. The Macintosh OS (version 9) is another thing altogether. The first two entries here should be moved to Talk:MacOS

[edit] Why the revert?

The article claims that OS-9 beat Apple by a number of years regarding the production of a multitasking OS with protected memory and a GUI. Apple had all of those things with its Lisa, a system that was in development for many years before it was released in 1983. Please provide proof that OS-9 beat Apple by providing dates in the article and citations.

[edit] What's the best free browser for OS 9?

Moved from Wikipedia:Reference desk. • Benc • 07:25, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! Intrigue 03:37, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, the latest version of Mozilla provided for OS 9 is 1.2.1, which you can get at http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.2.1/mozilla-macos9-1.2.1-full.bin

WAMCOM creates MacOS classic binaries, apparently based on Mozilla 1.3.1, so that's more recent. That's at http://wamcom.org/latest-131/

--Kundor 04:57, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Try iCab too [1]. adamsan 11:54, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

And don't forget Opera, which still has Mac OS Classic versions. {Ανάριον} 10:51, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks! The Wikipedia mainpage crashes my iMac when I open it with IE5.3 for Mac... Intrigue 15:58, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The discussion page itself exemplifies the supposedly nonexistent confusion between Mac OS9 and OS-9. Nice bit of irony there.

[edit] OS-9 Easter Eggs

To Do: OS-9 Easter Egg section. (XCC compiler, SCF, and hidden messages in the kernel/modules.) --Allen Huffman 19:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)