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From: mlm@cs.brown.edu (Moises Lejter)
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Subject: Real-time UNIX ?
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Date: 6 Jul 89 19:39:18 GMT
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	We at the Robotics group at Brown University are putting
	together a standalone robot to use as a platform for research
	in robot architectures and spatial reasoning.  At the moment,
	the CPU on our robot is an IBM AT.  The first question is,
	are there any real-time UNIX-like operating systems for the
	IBM AT that you people would recommend we use? 

	Our longer term plans are to switch to a 680x0-based system
	running on the VME bus, mainly because of the improvement
	in processing speed we would likely buy this way.  Second
	question: any CPU boards you would recommend?  It would be
	nice to have a clear migration path from our current AT-based
	system to the future 680x0-based system, so a real-time OS
	that would be available for both would be a win.  However,
	I realize it may not be possible.

	Please reply directly to me, and I'll summarize any responses.

						Moises

	
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