Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!mitra!larry From: larry@mitra.mitra.com (Larry Williamson) Subject: Re: real-time UNIX? Organization: Mitra Imaging Corp. Date: 29 Apr 91 20:29:55 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: sam@osc.edu's message of 27 Apr 91 11:48:35 GMT References: <1991Apr26.032557.22159@texrex.uucp> <40789@fmsrl7.UUCP> <1593@sunc.osc.edu> Sender: larry@mitra.com (Larry Williamson) > > > Is there such a thing as real-time UNIX for a PC? > > A company called Lynx sells a real-time UNIX for PCs. ... > Venix/286 and Venix/386 offer "System V kernel and then adds ... > > VenturCom, Inc. > (617)661-1230 I've used the VenturCom product quite a bit at my previous job (with Focus Automation Systems). The 386 product is essentially Interactive 386 Unix with some pretty snazzy drivers to provide the real time enhancements. It is really quite a nice product. We looked at the Lynx product before we settled on VenturCom, but we did not like the fact that (at that time), you had to buy one of their hardware boards to be able to use the system. As I recall, this board provided some hardware support for the kernel, mostly for features that I could not see us needing. -Larry