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OSS purchased [[Atari BASIC]], [[Atari DOS]], and the [[Atari Assembler Editor]] product from [[Shepardson Microsystems]] who had concluded that their BASIC and DOS products were not viable. The new company enhanced the products, renaming them OS/A+ (the Disk Operating System), BASIC A+ (a disk-based language), and EASMD (an update to the Assembler Editor). OSS continued to work with [[Atari]] (who had previously contracted with SMI) on enhanced products, most of which never reached the market.

OSS debuted at the [[West Coast Computer Faire]], March 1981. Their products released over the next several years became respected among Atari programmers, particularly the [[MAC/65]] assembler, the [[Action! (programming language)|Action!]] programming language, and BASIC XL. In ana 1984 interview with, Bill Wilkinson published in 1984, he said the company consisted of 15 people.<ref name="ellison">{{cite journal |last1=Ellison |first1=Peter |title=Bill Wilkinson Interview |journal=ROM |date=August 1984 |volume=1 |issue=7 |page=13 |url=https://archive.org/details/ROM_Magazine_v1i7/page/n12}}</ref>

In January 1988, OSS merged with ICD&mdash;makers of [[SpartaDOS]] and Atari computer hardware add-ons. In 1994, [[Fine Tooned Engineering]] obtained limited rights to ICD's 8-bit products before disappearing.