Mike Harris Posted October 12, 2019 Share Posted October 12, 2019 I read about this but only a brief description. Walters software Is there such a thing? How far did it go? If so why not expand this into the new ADAM OSX? Anyone want to fill in the blanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearsoe Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 There is a recent discussion about EOS9 on the Coleco ADAM Facebook page where James Walters is a member. EOS9 was used in a number of Walter's Software titles and was a custom, enhanced version of the EOS operating system. I don't know of any titles beyond Walter's that used it. Walter's also released the EOS Programming kit which included EOS9. The programming kit manual has reemerged and is available (on the Facebook page files section) but the media for the kit has not. I suppose the media could be reconstructed since EOS9 is built in to those other Walter's titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Harris Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Thanks... I don't have a FB account so if you could repost the manual here that would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearsoe Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) You can also download it from http://adamarchive.org/ The filename is EOS9Kit.pdf. Edited October 17, 2019 by pearsoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Harris Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 Thank you. It wasn't what I expected but adds to the history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 As far as Walters Software's EOS9, within their programs that include it like Adam's Desktop, options are available to boot other software programs like SmartBasic in order to keep EOS9 resident in memory. Other Coleco titles can be booted this way as well or exit the WS program into SmartWriter and keep EOS9 in memory instead of a hard boot where Coleco's EOS5 is placed back into memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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