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From: kent@swrinde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: IRQ virus (and a personal note to Steve)
Message-ID: <7494@swrinde.swri.edu>
Date: 4 Jan 89 14:35:13 GMT
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Reply-To: kent@swrinde.UUCP (Kent D. Polk)
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
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In article <5621@cbmvax.UUCP> ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto) writes:
>
>Peter didn't say real-time Unix is impossible, he said virtual memory
>and real-time don't get along.
>-- 
>					-=] Ford [=-
>
>"The number of Unix installations	(In Real Life:  Mike Ditto)
>has grown to 10, with more expected."	ford@kenobi.cts.com
>- The Unix Programmer's Manual,		...!sdcsvax!crash!elgar!ford
>  2nd Edition, June, 1972.		ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com

HP-UX can assure a certain response time to processes you designate
to be handled using their real-time routines - however, real-time
time varies according to which processor you use. Unfortunately, you
have to get a REAL FAST one ($$$$$) to get what is usually considered
"real time response".

Well, it's a start towards real time with virtual memory, and the
real time routines are pretty nifty for other things as well.
 
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