OS-9

OS-9 is a family of real-time, process-based, multitasking, multi-user operating systems, developed in the 1980s, originally by Microware Systems Corporation for the Motorola 6809 microprocessor. It was purchased by Radisys Corp in 2001, and was purchased again in 2013 by its current owner Microware LP.

OS-9
Developer
Written inC, Assembly language
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed source
Initial release1979 (1979)
Latest release6.1 / November 14, 2017 (2017-11-14)
Marketing targethigh-performance, high-availability real-time software solution for advanced industrial automation & control, medical instrumentation, aerospace and transportation systems
Available inEnglish
PlatformsMotorola 6809, Motorola 680x0 CPUs, ColdFire, SuperH, ARM/XScale, MIPS, PowerPC, Intel x86 architecture
Kernel typeReal-time kernel
Default
user interface
CLI in all versions, some platforms support a GUI
LicenseProprietary
Official websitewww.microware.com

The OS-9 family was popular for general-purpose computing and remains in use in commercial embedded systems and amongst hobbyists. Today, OS-9 is a product name used by both a Motorola 68000-series machine language OS and a portable (PowerPC, x86, ARM, MIPS, SH4, etc.) version written in C, originally known as OS-9000.

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