> "The way the article reads seems to imply a kernel OS."
I don't think so. Here are some instances of the word KERNAL in the article:
* ... jump table at the end of the KERNAL ROM ...
* ... The system ROM (“KERNAL”) was now 4 KB
* ... making the KERNAL and the editor merely
a device driver package.
* ... jump table in the KERNAL ROM for interfacing
with it
* ... these are the KERNAL calls used by BASIC ...
* The following eight KERNAL routines ...
* ... it calls out to these KERNAL functions ...
* ... these KERNAL calls have to parse the BASIC
arguments ...
* These 6 KERNAL calls are actually BASIC command
extensions, ...
I had never heard of the commodore KERNAL before and I had no problem following it. In addition, the term kernel has many uses in computing besides OS kernel.
I don't think so. Here are some instances of the word KERNAL in the article: