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From: mason@oct1.UUCP (David Mason)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Unix in real-time
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.160911.11621@oct1.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 91 16:09:11 GMT
References: <91036.105504KKEYTE@ESOC.BITNET>
Reply-To: mason@oct1.UUCP (David Mason)
Organization: Open Computer Technology
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In article <91036.105504KKEYTE@ESOC.BITNET> KKEYTE@ESOC.BITNET (Karl
Keyte) writes:
>I am looking for references relating to the use of Unix in a
>real-time or near real-time environment.  Has anyone any
>suggestions?

You'd want to get info on a port of Unix known as QNX.  It's written
from the bottom up as a real-time (or close to) O/S.  Folks I know
writing EFT/POS transaction handling software are using it to get
their response times consistent.


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