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From: 451061%UOTTAWA.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (Valentin Pepelea)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaOS is real-time?
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Date: 26 May 89 04:50:57 GMT
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In article <16100@louie.udel.EDU> MROBINSON@wash-vax.bbn.com writes:

> Is AmigaOS truly a real-time OS?
> To me, real-time means that each system call is guaranteed to complete
> within a *defined* amount of time (which should be small).

Yes, the Amiga OS is truly real-time. But your definition of real-time is not
good. Real-time means that system can respond to an event (or interrupt) within
a definite amount of time.

The Amiga Exec is quite a standard real-time executive, as you see them in text
books. The processing of one or several real-time events is dependent very much
of how you set priorities and how and when you wish to mask them. Real-time
programming remains the task of highly qualified computer scientists and
engineers.

If you wish to set time limits on function calls, it is very easy for you to
create a new task which is to be awaken after a precise amount of time after
it is first signalled. So you can get the exact functionality of that 'other'
system you mentioned.

Valentin
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