From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 12:54:51 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [cpj:265] COS]
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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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