Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!killer!linimon From: linimon@killer.UUCP (Mark Linimon) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Realtime OS's Summary: Response and expansion to "realtime OS" survey Keywords: Realtime Message-ID: <4631@killer.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 88 17:48:01 GMT References: <10450@udenva.cair.du.edu> Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 52 In article <10450@udenva.cair.du.edu>, Richard Neitzel writes: > 1> Is there a mailing list for realtime OS's in general or any > particular flavor in isolation? > > 2> Is there any interest in a realtime news group? > > Richard Neitzel This answer may be a little bit more than wanted, because for me realtime OS's tend to be bound to particular implementations. I discuss what I know discussions on the net about both, below. The closest thing is the newsgroup comp.periphs, where bus-based systems tend to be discussed, including VMEbus, which tends to include system discussions of things like VxWorks occasionally, or other kernels. VxWorks came up as a discussion point in comp.protocols.tcpip as well. There is a "VMEbus" mailing list, heavy quotes here, it only applies to the AT&T processor board which has about .01% of the market. Typical AT&T marketing. Not much discussion of the software. There are at least 4 VMEbus companies on the net, in general I think they just tend to read and not contribute, like Mizar has. There is a comp.os.os9 (I think that's the name) group for the OS/9 operating system. Microware (the authors) are in on it but the group is fairly quiet. Comp.os.misc picks up on real-time but only rarely. As for me, I would be interested in either mailing lists or newsgroups on the following: 1. Real-time systems, such as VxWorks, VRTX, pSOS, etc. (disclaimer: Mizar uses first two out of those three). 2. Bus-based products, such as VME, Multibus I/II, STD, Nubus, Futurebus, etc. Possibly the charter of comp.periphs could be expanded to include the latter, since it does by default anyway, possibly also the former if people feel it is worthwhile. I'm willing to accumulate emailed replies in terms of interest, and/or ^^^^^^^ to serve as a reference point, moderator, or whatever would help. Mark Linimon Mizar Digital Systems uucp: sun!convex!mizarvme!linimon killer!linimon ;guest account snail: 1419 Dunn Drive Carrollton, TX 75006 (214)446-2664 x8044