A/ROSE

<p>A/ROSE (Apple Real-time Operating System Environment) is a small <a href="/facts/Embedded_operating_system/0ue9DzHw">embedded operating system</a> that runs on <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple Computer</a>'s "Macintosh Coprocessor Platform", an <a href="/facts/Expansion_card/QkWAPnxJ">expansion card</a> for the <a href="/facts/Macintosh/8GhnXTK0">Macintosh</a>.
</p><p>The idea was to offer a single "overdesigned" hardware platform on which third-party vendors could build practically any product, reducing the otherwise heavy workload of developing a <a href="/facts/NuBus/5UIn0nv8">NuBus</a>-based <a href="/facts/Expansion_card/QkWAPnxJ">expansion card</a>. However, the MCP cards were expensive, limiting the appeal of the concept. A/ROSE had very little use, apparently limited solely to Apple's own networking cards for <a href="/facts/Serial_I%2fO/r5xP7P1c">serial I/O</a>, <a href="/facts/Ethernet/nMfhU8tU">Ethernet</a>, <a href="/facts/Token_Ring/mfQj6GSx">Token Ring</a>, and <a href="/facts/Twinax/8HxonjdN">Twinax</a>. <a href="/facts/GreenSpring_Computers/9u10zNHG">GreenSpring Computers</a> developed the RM1260, which is an IndustryPack (IP) carrier card with a <a href="/facts/Motorola_68000/3p2wt2D6">68000</a> <a href="/facts/CPU/Jxp1bqMV">CPU</a> running A/ROSE and is intended for the <a href="/facts/Data_acquisition/W7d5DrPl">data acquisition</a> market.
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