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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
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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