Wikipedia / VERSAdos
Wikipedia / VERSAdos
VERSAdos is an operating system dating back to the early 1980s for use on the Motorola 68000 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.
Commands
The following list of commands and utilities are supported by VERSAdos.
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ACCT
ARGUMENTS
ASSIGN
BACKUP
BATCH
BSTOP
BTERM
BUILDS
BYE
CANCEL
CHAIN
CLOSE
CONFIG
CONNECT
CONTINUE
CREF
DEFAULTS
DMT
DUMP
DUMPANAL
ELIMINATE
EMFGEN
END
FREE
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
STOP
SWORD
SYSANAL
TERMINATE
TRANSFER
UPLOADS
USE
VALID
See also
References
External links
https://www.ricomputermuseum.org/collections-gallery/small-systems-at-ricm/motorola-exormacs-development-system