VERSAdos#EXORmacs
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VERSAdos is an operating system dating back to the early 1980s for use on the Motorola 68000{{Cite journal|last1=Wing Ng|first1=Kam|last2=Tong|first2=Chi Hung|last3=Lee|first3=Hung|date=November 1984|title=A Unix-to-Versados link|journal=Interfaces in Computing|volume=2|issue=4|pages=299–308|doi=10.1016/0252-7308(84)90051-5|issn=0252-7308|quote=Versados is a multitasking operating system for the Motorola 68000 microprocessor.}} development system called the EXORmacs which featured the VERSAbus and an array of option cards. They were typically connected to CDC Phoenix disk drives running one to four 14-inch platters. The EXORmacs was used to emulate a 680xx processor in-circuit, speeding development of 680xx based systems. It also hosted several compilers and assemblers.
VERSAdos and the EXORmacs were produced by Motorola's Microsystems Division.
Overview
VERSAdos was a real-time, multi-user operating system. It was the follow on product to the single user MDOS that ran the 6800 development system called the EXORciser.
Both systems features a harness with a CPU socket compatible connector.
A Modula 2 compiler was ported to VERSAdos.{{Cite journal|last1=Ballarin|first1=E.|last2=Burkhart|first2=H.|last3=Eigenmann|first3=R.|last4=Kindlimann|first4=H.|last5=Moser|first5=M.|date=May 1988|title=Making a compiler easily portable|journal=IEEE Software|language=en-US|volume=5|issue=3|pages=30–38|doi=10.1109/52.2022|s2cid=13883709 |issn=0740-7459}}
=Commands=
The following list of commands and utilities are supported by VERSAdos.[http://bitsavers.org/pdf/motorola/versados/M68KVSF_D7_VERSAdosSysFacilities_Oct85.pdf M68000 Family VERSAdos System Facilities Reference Manual]
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- ACCT
- ARGUMENTS
- ASSIGN
- BACKUP
- BATCH
- BSTOP
- BTERM
- BUILDS
- BYE
- CANCEL
- CHAIN
- CLOSE
- CONFIG
- CONNECT
- CONTINUE
- COPY
- CREF
- DATE
- DEFAULTS
- DEL
- DIR
- DMT
- DUMP
- DUMPANAL
- ELIMINATE
- EMFGEN
- END
- FREE
- HELP
- INIT
- LIB
- LIST
- LOAD
- LOGOFF
- MBLM
- MERGEOS
- MIGR
- MT
- NEWS
- NOARGUMENTS
- NOVALID
- OFF
- OPTION
- PASS
- PASSWORD
- PATCH
- PROCEED
- PRTDUMP
- QUERY
- R?
- RENAME
- REPAIR
- RETRY
- SCRATCH
- SECURE
- SESSIONS
- SNAPSHOT
- SPL
- SPOOL
- SRCCOM
- START
- STOP
- SWORD
- SYSANAL
- TERMINATE
- TIME
- TRANSFER
- UPLOADS
- USE
- VALID
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/motorola/versados/ http://bitsavers.org/pdf/motorola/versados/]
- https://www.ricomputermuseum.org/collections-gallery/small-systems-at-ricm/motorola-exormacs-development-system
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