mark@hydroesm.UUCP (Mark Notten) (02/14/91)
1. Does anyone know of any rugged or MilSpec PC-type boxes (minimum 386) to be used for real-time applications? 2. Does anyone know of real-time kernels to run applications in protected mode on this type of box? Thanks.. Mark & Marc.
rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Robert L. Haar CS50) (02/14/91)
In article <276@hydroesm.UUCP>, mark@hydroesm.UUCP (Mark Notten) writes: |> 1. Does anyone know of any rugged or MilSpec PC-type boxes |> (minimum 386) to be used for real-time applications? |> Grid makes very rugged portables including 386 models. We have one that we have used for data collection in a vehicle while driving. This involved heavy hard disk access while drive on Michigan's system of interconnected potholes that they call roads. I don't know about MILS-SPEC, but I do know that the DOD buys Grids for military people to use while riding in jeeps, etc. I would recommend them personally. They are well designed and quite rugged compared to the plastic light-weight models from the typical laptop vendor. |> 2. Does anyone know of real-time kernels to run applications |> in protected mode on this type of box? |> no help there. Bob Haar InterNet : rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com Computer Science Dept., G.M. Research Laboratories DISCLAIMER: Unless indicated otherwise, everything in this note is personal opinion, not an official statement of General Motors Corp.
jamaass@bluemoon.uucp (Jeffrey A. Maass) (02/17/91)
rhaar@albert.cs.gmr.com (Robert L. Haar CS50) writes: > |> 2. Does anyone know of real-time kernels to run applications > |> in protected mode on this type of box? > |> Look into QNX from Quantum Software Systems (613) 591-0931. I've been running exclusively protected mode in 286, 386, and 486 processors for over three years now. The realtime charactoristics are fantastic, too: put a QNX box next to ANY other system, and just watch the difference!