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X·L2• a SERIOUS COMPUTER A SERIOUS COMPUTER X·l2• IN A DESKTOP PACKAGE Multiprocessor Technology - Combination of 8, 16 and 32 bit types 1.0 Megabyte Memory- Insures no limitation on programs "Winchester" Disk System- Fast response, large storage capacity UniFiex · Operating System- The standard of comparison Hardware Floating Point - Unmatched speed in a small system Up to Three Terminals - Instant expansion • T r�demark uf Technical Synems c:;onsultanu SOUTHWEST TECHNICAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION 219 W. RHAPSODY SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78216 (512) 344-0241 Only Microware's OS-9 Operating System Covers the Entire 68000 Spectrum MICROWARE'S OS-9 UNIX ROM·BASED fi.OPPY..OISK BASED DID-lASED CONTROL PERSONAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS COMPUTERS smEMS HAND-HELD HARDWAREiSOFT'MRE ..,._SCALE COMPUTERS DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS ._....... IYIIIMI SMALL SYSTEMS LARIE SYSTEMS Is complicated software and expensive hardware VAX an d PDP-II mal-.c lt>ordinJtcd UnaxOS·l) ..ottw.tn• d w ptn keeping you back from Unix? 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ApplalJ· mwh )tnillll•t:1nd Iat mnrl· l'f- llon 'l'ltwan• can bt• buill lh t s trom andivadually lcst.thlc lllll'lll J n Unax bt"<.:.llN' a Key OS-9 Features At A Glance �"nltl'n 111 ta't C<lmpad J� ,,,Hw.lf<" m,�tfull"> mcludin� • Compact (16Kl ROMable executive written In assembly �rmhly IJn�uagt•, ma�ang tl st,Jnd.trd ''librarr'' module!-. language adt·allt1r criticaln•al-linw a1 · The nwJuiJr 'lrudun.' ll'l� • User "shell" and complete utility set wrrtten In C < H'UlO· plication� ()$.U (Jn tun on }'Oll U'tUtnlll' Jnd • C·source code level compatibility with Unix for spt'{tli{ J �ro.11l r,m�t' nl 8 lo J2 bit fi�url.'t)S.Il h.tn.l· • Full Multitasking/multiuser capabilities ea<.il\ '�·-l <'m'ba.,<·d on the o8000 ware and qwd,ly. • Modular design • extremely easy to adapt. modify, or M osou f.unily MI'U" fn,m A SYSTEM WITH expand ROM-b.�t·d mdu�tra.al Wra· A PROVEN • Unix·type tree structured file system lrt,llt-r.. up to IM�o�c rnultatNr • Rugged "crash•proof' file structure with record locking TRACK RECORD '"''"''· • Works well with floppy disk or ROM-based systems On{C an undf·r�round OS-9'S OUTSTANDING • Uses hardware or software memory management d,w.it. OS ..:) i., ncm ,, �olid C COMPTLER IS Q • High performance c. Pascal, Basic and Cobol compilers hit Since 1980 OS has YOUR BRIDGE TO UNlX bt•t•n pmt£>d lu lWt•r a hun· MamM'JI\'!t ClOill f'lll'f k•:h drl.'d o800 and o8000 noltl!olY '" antlthcr OS.0 adv,mt.:J�t· Th('wmpil1•r prcxiuc� ��·,tt?m� undl.'r liccrN'to sonw ell thr biAAt"•l nam('<> m the c\trt:mely lJ,l, tOnlpolLI anJ RO;\Iablt• nx1e \nu \.oln N�ily husint...S . ()S.Qh.!'> bt·en imb�·ddcd an lllll11lHlll�' COn,unWr, Jrvcltlp ,md pMl sy:.tcm or arpla�:atinn o,ollw.�rc hac!.. aml andustraal amJ 0[:�1 pro..lucto; and i<> suppmlctll>\' m.:�ny t�,rth to �toJnd.utf Um'{sy1-lem�. Cn��·C<lmpilcr vc�1on� tor independent 'nl h\olfl' supplaer' MICROWARE SYSTEMS CORPORATION Mlcrowa� Japiln, ltd t8o6 NW I 14th Street 3·8·9 Buakl, lchJkawa City Des Moines. low.a 50322 Chib• 272·01, Japan Phont' 515·224-1929 Phone 0473(2814493 Telex 910.520.2535 Telex 299·3122 0)4 • trJd<-m.l I"' Mo r'" •,.. •nd fl. I''• >r�l ln" • 11 I'""'' 1\o ll�b. 68 Mtero Journal ' • ' MICRO • JOURN�L Por tlons of the text for 168' Micro Journal were Send All Correspondence To: prepared using the following furnished Hard/Software: CIJFUTERS - HNI*ARE Oallplltw ,..lshl!tg O..fer Southwest Techlncal Products W .. cro Jo.-1\81 219 w. Rh psodY o TX 5900 Seith Rd. Son AntonioOf.'F, 78216 Cesse�a S09 - 5/8 Disk - COSI - 8212W - Sprint ) Printer Hixson. Tn. :5'7}0 GII-IJX Inc. Phone 1615> 842-4600 or Telex 558 414 PVT BTH 1 ))7 West )7th Place 60609 Chlcogc? IL b'f Oallplltw Super Mainframe - OS9 - FLEX - Assorted Hardware eop,rlghted 1985 Publishing Inc. -val>PROCE�S EDillRS 68' Micro Journal Is publl shed 12 times o yeor by Technical 9-(stems Consultants, Inc • Computer Publl shl ng Inc. Second Ooss Postage Pold 111 Praildence fbad I Chooel Hill NC 27514 SSN 0194-5025 ot Hixson, Tn. ond additional entries. FLEX - Edftor - Text Processor Postmaster: send form )597 to 68' Micro Jo�rnol, POO 849 Hixson, Tn. )7)4 ). Greet Plolns Computer Co., Inc. PO Box 916 Stbscrlptlon Rates Idaho Foils, 10 8)401 Stylogroph - MDII 14erge - Spell 1 Year $24.5 0 U.S.A., Conodo & M&xlco Add S5.50 o 11 S4rfece, Edl1orlSr .a l �ff Yeor. Other Foreign Add S12 Year for Don W111 1oms Publisher Alr.ell Add S:56 11 Y..-. Must be In u.s. clrf"eftCYYI L orr y E. Williams Executive Editor Tom E . Wlllloms Production Editor lteas or Publl�tlon Robert L. N!ly Technical Ed I tor .trtlc:les Fer �l•lstratiYe �ff Articles submitted for publication should Include �otory fbbertson Office Monoger authors name, address, telephone number ond dote. Penny W illiams Subscript ions Articles should be on either 5 or 8 Inch disk In Chr I �tIne Kocher kcountl ng STYLOGRAPH or TSC Editor format with ).5 h•ch Q,l­ eo.ttrlbvtiRg Edl1ors wldth. be t<br All disks will ret�rned. Articles submitted Ron hiderson m Co1nmo on paper should be 4.5 Inches IR width <Including Peter Dibble Willi� E. Fisher Source Listings> for proper reductions. Please Use A Or. Theo Elbert Car l Mann Dark Rlbbonll No Blue lnklll Single space on 8X11 Or. E. M. Pass bond Ibn Vo I ghts No Philip Lucido or better grade paper. hond written articles accepted. Disks should be In FLEX2 6800 or FLEX9 S'peclal Technl�l Pr'Oject'a 6809 any 'olerslon or OS-9 ony 'olerslon. CJ oy Abrams K6AEP The follow I n·g TSC Text Processor CO!Miands <JI..Y To111 Hunt • should be used: .sp space, PP paragraph , ·fl fill and CONTENTS .nf no fiJI. Also please do not tor-t within the text with •ul'tlple spliCeS • We will enter the rest ot time Vol.VII,Issue IV April 85 of editing. All STYLOGRAPH COIW!Illnds are ecceptable except .pg poge CO!Miand· We print edited text flies In contlnous FLEX USER Notes •••••••••.•••••• 7 Anderson text form. OS9 USER Notes ....••..•..•••••. 12 Dibble Letters To The Edl1or C USER Notes •.••••••...•••...•• 14 Pass 68000 USER Notes •...•......•.•• 18 Lucido All let ters to the editor should c0111ply with the obo.'e be slgfted. CoCo USER Notes •..••••••••.•.•• 21 Mann re�lrements ond mus't Letters of "gripes" os well as "praise" ore solicited. We reserve the •.•..•••••••••.•.••.• Basic OS-9 23 Voights r lght to reject any subm ission for lack of "good OS-9 Applications HELP Is Here. 27 OMW teste" and we reserve the right to define "good Hacking On The Macintosh .....•• 28 Wolf taste". Macintosh Author Applications •• 28 Adlertlslng Rates FLEX Routines,More Applications 29 Hoglund Commercial I slers please contact 68' More on the 512K Mac •.••....••• 30 Henriquez advert Micro Jo�rnol advertising deportment for c�rrent rote sheet 1 • · • • · • • · · • · • • • • • • · • · • Bi t S i cer 31 Hoffman ond re�lrements. Software Exchange System ••••.•• 42 Gilchrist Qasslfled �tfsl��g Diskette Inventory •••••••.••••• 45 Hassen ••••••.•••••••.••. Pleasant PL/9 46 Lester All classified ads must be non-c ommercial. Minimum of .• r 68' Micro Articles 1984 Index 48 S7. 50 for fi st 20 .,.cis and • )5 per word after 20. be peld • aMftOe· It> CMJ CoCo Index Of Articles ••••• 49 All classlfleds must I classified ads occ,epted oter the phone. Bit Bucket •••••••••••••.••••••• 51 Classified Advertising •.•.••••• 59 2 '68' Micro Journal � GIMIXSTATE OF THE ART 6809 SYSTEMS FOR THE SERIOUS USER. � For the user who appreciates the need for a ll0 bus structured system using STATIC RAM GIMIX has 19MB or high performance and powered by a ferro resonant constant g --�_;:....::::; ,·-· ,, \ .;,;..._ ' - ; voltage transformer. • . ... .... 47MB Wlnc:hester Drive Systems ancllor 3 .:.,;..;\._.;.· -:-----:or-_..,., ,.a;· -'<J< ,· �-T" � GIMIXhas single user systems that cxm run !!!. W_ J ·�G"'l(. 6!D'Il'CI>\JS. .;::•·· . ; ' noppy Disk Drive Systems. l� •. bothFLEX and OS-9 or Mullluser systems for 11\, = . .- . - -: -�·.. -� : J ·'· . use with UniF'LEX or OS-9 . .... ... .. -- -�- · - ..· --· • ..,. 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