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Xref: sserve comp.os.misc:3034 comp.os.lynx:471 comp.os.os2:2987 comp.os.386bsd.questions:10482 comp.os.os2.programmer:13797 comp.os.lynx:472 comp.os.mach:3871 comp.os.minix:23799 Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.os2,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer,comp.os.os2.programmer,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!gatekeeper.es.dupont.com!eplrx7!rogers From: rogers@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Wade Rogers) Subject: Need good OS for intel X86 platform. Message-ID: <1994May27.141723.13104@eplrx7.es.duPont.com> Organization: DuPont Central Research & Development Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 14:17:23 GMT Lines: 51 - I would like some advice on choosing an operating system for an 386/486 standard PC-AT box. Any help would be appreciated. core requirements (have to have): 1 - Memory map access to isa / eisa bus, no device drivers needed. eg. int i, *ptr = 0x00C00000; read would be i = *ptr; write would be *ptr = i; 2 - Flat memory, ability to malloc available memory in system without having to do some sort of translation. 3 - TCPIP and Socket support. end of core requirements. ######################### Would be nice if: 4 - preemptive multi-tasking. 5 - Real-time (not necessarily fast but able to execute an instruction at a specific time) 6 - NFS support. 7 - ROM'able / Small. 8 - Good documentation / support. 9 - X windows (yea right). please e-mail me any help and or post if you think others would be interested. Thanks in advance. -- Herb Holyst e-mail holyst@eplrx7.es.dupont.com -- Dr. Wade T. Rogers | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. rogers@eplrx7.es.dupont.com | Engineering Physics Laboratory | P.O. Box 80357 (302) 695-7945 | Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0357