[Fwd: [cpj:265] COS][cpj:265] COS

Have you heard of a Mac compatible OS called "COS" from Omega in East Germany? 
I just found an article about it in Japanese Mac mag and that says Omega
announced the OS 11/13 at German MacWorldExpo. 

And actually "COS" stands for " Crypt OS", their blurb on the website says:  

              Are you looking for full Mac OS 8 compatibility that
              includes all of its features, but that also has the added
              advantage of genuine B2-Security plus an integrated
              PGP-compatible Mail Client? 

              Do you want to be able to finally work really fast and to use
              preemptive multi-tasking? 

etc....

http://www.omega.de/english/Texte/JANUS.HTM

There's an interview with Omega's president in the article saying the OS
runs on 030, 040 & PowerPC without MacROM inside. So bunch of Mac clones
and CHRP mother boards from Taiwan etc may find a way.... 

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At 12:06 PM -0700 11/22/97, TruthMonger wrote:
>Have you heard of a Mac compatible OS called "COS" from Omega in East
>Germany?
>I just found an article about it in Japanese Mac mag and that says Omega
>announced the OS 11/13 at German MacWorldExpo.
...
>There's an interview with Omega's president in the article saying the OS
>runs on 030, 040 & PowerPC without MacROM inside. So bunch of Mac clones
>and CHRP mother boards from Taiwan etc may find a way....

This past week's issue of "MacWeek" said that this COS has been "delayed,"
with no new introduction date set.

Searching the www.zdnet.com site may reveal this. Or searching on the
company name, of course.

--Tim May

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At 8:39 PM -0700 11/22/97, Tim May wrote:
>At 12:06 PM -0700 11/22/97, TruthMonger wrote:
>>Have you heard of a Mac compatible OS called "COS" from Omega in East
>>Germany?
>>I just found an article about it in Japanese Mac mag and that says Omega
>>announced the OS 11/13 at German MacWorldExpo.
>...
>>There's an interview with Omega's president in the article saying the OS
>>runs on 030, 040 & PowerPC without MacROM inside. So bunch of Mac clones
>>and CHRP mother boards from Taiwan etc may find a way....
>

Any reason someone couldn't sell a generic (e.g., CHRP-like) PowerPC platform which can has at switch-selectable space for at least two OS boot SRAMs?  Ship it with Linux, but let the customer load whatever boot and OS they want.  There, of course, would be nothing the OEM could do if someone anonymously posted a MacOS compatible boot on a .warez group which purchasers subsequently loaded along with their separately purchased copy of MacOS 8-)

--Steve