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From: berger@datacube.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Unix Interrupts
Message-ID: <104400013@datacube>
Date: 27 Mar 88 23:23:00 GMT
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Nf-From: datacube.UUCP!berger    Mar 27 18:23:00 1988


There are several vendors now who are offering the ability to connect
a Unix host to dedicated processors running "real-time" kernels either
via ethernet or on the same hardware bus. \

Heurikon has been offering a Unix host with other processors running
VRTX all on the same VME or Multibus.

Microware now offers the ability to connect processors running OS-9 to
Unix via TCP/IP / Ethernet. 

Wind River Systems offers VxWorks which is an implementation of VRTX
with additional layers to serve as a connection between unix and the
dedicated processor via ethernet.

I'v have not worked with any of these systems except OS-9 and there we
have just started using the ethernet support.  Its not clear what kind
of RPC capabilities or standards are used. I know the OS-9 version
lets you download programs, libraries and data from unix to os-9 as
well as allow telnet and ftp between os-9 and unix.

Microware: 515-224-1929 Andy Ball VP Marketing
Heurikon: 608-271-8700
Wind River Systems: 415-428-2623

				Bob Berger 

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