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From: gd@geovision.uucp (Gord Deinstadt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: QNX anyone?
Summary: Yes, please!
Keywords: QNX Quantum
Message-ID: <623@geovision.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 89 22:41:41 GMT
References: <8904252052.AA05490@decwrl.dec.com>
Reply-To: gd@geovision.UUCP (Gord Deinstadt)
Organization: GeoVision Corp, Ottawa, Canada
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In article <8904252052.AA05490@decwrl.dec.com> paine@rust.dec.com
(Willy Paine) writes:
> 
>Does Quatum (maker of QNX) have any email or uucp address at all?

They have a conferencing system that can be reached at
    (613) 591-0934	(300 to 9600 baud) Courier
    (613) 591-0940  (300 to 19200 baud) Telebit
The conference can also be reached via DataPac (in Canada) and via
Tymenet and Telenet (elsewhere), but I don't know how.

It's a worthwhile conference.  Dan Dodge and Gord Bell, the
original authors, often take part.

>I don't use voice phone because I am hearing impaired and I just
>want to know about the future of QNX for 386 machine like multi-
>dos shell.

They have talked about a 386 version - or two (ie. a 16-bit version
and a 32-bit version).  I have no idea what commitments Quantum has
made for delivery.  Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to work on
QNX for ages. :-(

By the way, I just heard that you can get multi-cpu make and sort
utilities for QNX.  They find not-so-busy CPUs lying around on the net
and spread the job between them.  Fun!
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Gord Deinstadt           gd@geovision.uucp