Path: utzoo!mnetor!frank
From: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: QNX anyone?
Keywords: QNX PC
Message-ID: <4985@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 89 19:29:21 GMT
References: <208@eds1.UUCP> <481@dekalb.UUCP>
Reply-To: frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick)
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In article <481@dekalb.UUCP> greg@dekalb.UUCP (Greg Philmon) writes:
>Yes, what of QNX?  I've seen their ads in PCMag and would like more info
>from users.  I'm currently running a 'nix PC.  What advantages does QNX
>have?
>
QNX is multi-tasking and supports transapparent inter-task communication
between nodes via Arcnet. Tye he primary communication mechanism is
'messages' -- variable-lenggth packets of sadata that are 'sent' and
'received' by tasks. The user interface and utilities are Unix-ish
but not to the point of being a clone. From what I hear, they'reQuantum
is doing very well (selling QNX like hotcakes, building a new office,
hiring, etc.) The system runs very well even on 8088's (but is much
nicer on a '286 or '386, where it can run in protected mode).
A lot Most of the applications I've seen (I was commisioned to do a compariiare real-time, attesting to the
soundness of the design and the rioobustness of the imp,lementation.
Inter-node (i.e., user) communicasttion is also very good,. You can hook
into another node's datafiles, console,m  CPU (yes, reapotentially real
distributueded processing), modem . etc. and can debug remotelyt, etc, etc.
A slolid product that keeps improving.
(As I mentiooned before, I am biased, having written a book on QNX,
although not for Quantume.)

-- 
Frank Kolnick,
consulting for, and therefore expressing opinions independent of, Computer X
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