andrew@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Andrew Findlay) (05/16/89)
A colleague is looking for a real-time version of Un*x. He wants to control machine tools with it, and would ideally like something that would run on a PC. He has heard of something called "QNX" which might fit the bill, but cannot trace the manufacturer. Can anyone provide some pointers? Thanks Andrew -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | From Andrew Findlay at Brunel University, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK | | Andrew.Findlay@brunel.ac.uk phone: +44 895 74000 x2512 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------
bdc@tigger.planet.bt.co.uk (Brian Cantwell) (05/17/89)
From article <717@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>, by andrew@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Andrew Findlay): > A colleague is looking for a real-time version of Un*x. He wants to control > machine tools with it, and would ideally like something that would run on > a PC. He has heard of something called "QNX" which might fit the bill, but > cannot trace the manufacturer. Can anyone provide some pointers? The company is: Quantum Software Systems Ltd 175 Terrence Mathews Cres. Kanata South Business Park Kanata, ontario, Canada K2M IW8 tele (613) 591-0931 UK suppliers are: MicroSkil Ltd Dudley Innovation Centre Pensnett Estate Kingswinford DY6 8XZ tele: 0384-297225 I am not currently using QNX but have heard good reports about it. ______________________________________________________________________ B Cantwell-Wright Dept., RT5111, | Phone Ipswich (0473) 646774 British Telecom Research Labs, | International + 44 473 646774 Martlesham Heath, | email bdc@planet.bt.co.uk Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP5 7RE | ______________________________________________________________________
rshelby@ms.uky.edu (Richard Shelby) (05/17/89)
In article <717@Terra.cc.brunel.ac.uk>, andrew@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Andrew Findlay) writes: > He has heard of something called "QNX" which might fit the bill, but > cannot trace the manufacturer. Can anyone provide some pointers? > QNX is a product of Quantum Software Systems, Ltd. Their address and phone: Kanata South Business Park 175 Terrence Matthews Crescent Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2M 1W8 (613) 591-0931 -- Richard Shelby rshelby@ms.uky.edu Department of Health Services rshelby@ukma.BITNET University of Kentucky {rutgers,uunet}!ukma!rshelby
vik@lynx.uucp (Vikram Sohal) (05/23/89)
We have a real-time, UNIX-compatible operating system called LynxOS that is compilant with POSIX 1003.1, Berkeley 4.3 and System 5.3. It is a complete rewrite of UNIX and contains no AT&T code in it or the utilities provided with it. Over 90% of LynxOS is machine-independent and is written in "C". In terms of real-time response, LynxOS has a worst-case task response time of 350 microseconds on a 25MHz 386 PC AT. It also has various additional features for real-time (contiguous files, dynamically loadable device drivers, etc). In addition, we now have binary compatibility that allows us to run off-the-shelf binaries for versions of SYSTEM V on 386 PC AT's directly on the 386 version of our system without modification (we have tested this with System V versions of Informix, WordPerfect, Q-Calc, etc). It comes with a complete development environment (VI-compatible editor, over 112 utilities, C compiler, etc) and complete documentation. There is also support for TCP/IP under Ethernet. Currently, LynxOS is available for our own 80386-based AT systems as well as for other 386-based AT's (Dell, Nec, Compaq, etc). We also have versions for the Motorola MVME147 as well as our own 68010 and 68030-based VME systems the Lynx 10 and Lynx 30. Source code licenses are also available. Any further questions can be directed to me: Vic Sohal, or to Paul Pinnapinto at Lynx Real-Time Systems (408) 370-2233 or you can send messages via the NET to vik@lynx.