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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Real Time UNIX (was: Re: How do you tell a wizard?)
Summary: How about MERT?
Message-ID: <17150@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 15 Oct 89 23:14:59 GMT
References: <21153@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Organization: TrishTrash Readers, Inc.
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In article <21153@adm.BRL.MIL> Kemp@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL writes:
>Doug Gwyn writes:
> >     Need guaranteed real-time response for certain processes.
>
>Gee Doug, how do you do that one, other than running under Masscomp's
>Real-Time Unix or using a slave processor with something like VRTX or
>VX/Works?

I was under the impression there was a real-time UNIX from AT&T
as I saw references to UNIX/RT ages ago.  I can't imagine AT&T
dumping something useful.  [ Then again ... ]

Also, I saw references to MERT in the 1978 BSTJ UNIX edition.
Isn't this available for hosting real-time UNIX implementations?

>Or by "real-time" do you mean "anything under 10,000 usec"?  :-)

Easy.

Buy a TIMEX Sinclair. ;-)

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It is very worth pointing out that Plexus used UNIX kernels on
their serial I/O processor cards.  I don't know if anyone from
Plexus [ is there still a Plexus??? ] is listening and has any
info on that implementation.
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