[nanis]

> "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, ...