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From: ssw@cica.cica.indiana.edu (Steve Wallace)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: My IBM rep says that the RS/6000/w AIX is realtime, is this true?
Message-ID: <4350@cica.cica.indiana.edu>
Date: 24 Aug 90 02:31:17 GMT
Organization: Center for Innov. Comp. Appl., Bloomington, IN
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Our IBM rep is telling us that the RS/6000 running AIX will do
realtime applications.  Specifically, the RS/6000 will be able to
time user response time with a given accuracy.  The local IBM
tech type says just adjusting the priority on the process will
guaranty a maximum latency between an interrupt (keypress) and
the process waking up and recording the time.

Does anyone know if the RS/6000 & AIX have this capabilities, or
is IBM bluffing?


Thanks,

Steven Wallace
Indiana University
wallaces@ucs.indiana.edu