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Microware

Logo: Microware Systems Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American software company

Microware Systems Corporation was an American software company based in Clive, Iowa, that produced the OS-9 real-time operating system. Microware Systems Corporation existed as a separate entity from 1977 until September 2001, when it was bought by RadiSys Corp., and became a division of that company. The rights to Microware OS-9 and related software were purchased by a group of distributors on 1 March 2013.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1977Founded1
  • Industrysoftware industry1
  • HeadquartersClive1

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Microware Systems Corporation was an American software company based in Clive, Iowa, that produced the OS-9 real-time operating system.2

Corporate structure

Microware is part of a group headed by RadiSys. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • OS-9

Listed on Wikidata.1

RT68 – the original product for the 6800

OS-9 and OS-9000 – real-time operating systems for a wide range of embedded CPU architectures.

CD-RTOS – the operating system used in the Philips CD-i players, which was a special version of OS-9/68K v2.4.

DAVID – the Digital Audio Video Interactive Decoder platform for digital TV.

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Ariel – a micro OS based on an OS Microware acquired (MTOS-UX by IPI).

Color Computer 3 BASIC ROM extensions to support 80-column text and new graphics modes not in the CoCo 1 and 2's Extended Color BASIC ROM

From Wikipedia’s article on Microware, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Sep 2001Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1977Founded Founded1

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