Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site Shasta.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!Glacier!Shasta!tang From: tang@Shasta.ARPA Newsgroups: net.lang,net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Looking for info on QNX Message-ID: <7307@Shasta.ARPA> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 14:12:41 EDT Article-I.D.: Shasta.7307 Posted: Mon Aug 5 14:12:41 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:30:44 EDT References: <113@desteng.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Stanford University Lines: 34 Xref: linus net.lang:1461 net.micro.pc:4567 > A friend of mine is having trouble with a program running at the Stanford > Medical Center. She is not 'computer savey', so the description of what > she has is a little hazey, but from what I can glean from her sounds like > she has a Compaq, running MS-DOS. > > The program was written by a guy in San Diego who isn't interested in supporting > the program any more, and suggests that she get someone familiar with the > "QNX" language. > > Has anyone heard of QNX? Is there really such a language, or is this some kind > of joke? > > If someone can let me know what other language this compares to, I'd appreciate > it. Then I can decide if it would do any good for me to get involved. > > Thanks, as always, in advance. > > Brad Foss > > 3comvax!desteng!bfoss QNX is not a language. It is an multi-user, multi-tasking operating system. It is rather unix-like, but it is *NOT* unix. It's shell is much much less powerful than the unix sh or csh. However, it is very impressive multi-user multi-tasking OS for a small machine like the IBMPC. A C compiler and an 8086/186/286 assembler are come standard with the package. Other languages like fortran and basic are available too, I guess. The OS is message-based. QNX 2.0 supports networking. tang ---- E-mail address: tang@shasta