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Xref: sserve comp.os.misc:3045 comp.os.386bsd.questions:10523 comp.os.mach:3881 comp.os.minix:23808 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utah-morgan!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!ivie From: ivie@cc.usu.edu Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Need good OS for intel X86 platform. Message-ID: <1994May28.113443.20578@cc.usu.edu> Date: 28 May 94 11:34:43 MDT References: <1994May27.141723.13104@eplrx7.es.duPont.com> Organization: Utah State University Lines: 58 From my experience so far with TSX-Lite: In article <1994May27.141723.13104@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>, rogers@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Wade Rogers) writes: > 1 - Memory map access to isa / eisa bus, > no device drivers needed. > eg. > int i, *ptr = 0x00C00000; TSX-32 has a VMS $CRMPSC-style system call that can be used to map memory to a specified physical address. > 2 - Flat memory, ability to malloc available memory > in system without having to do some sort of > translation. TSX-32 does that. > > 3 - TCPIP and Socket support. True for TSX-32, but not for TSX-Lite. > > end of core requirements. > > 4 - preemptive multi-tasking. Yes. > > 5 - Real-time (not necessarily fast but able to > execute an instruction at a specific time) TSX-32 does have a VMS-ish priority setup (including real-time priorities and the FORK IPL type stuff), but I haven't played with it to see how good it is. > > 6 - NFS support. Yes. > > 7 - ROM'able / Small. Don't know about ROM-able. And after slogging through OS/2 and Windows/NT, it sure seems small to me... > > 8 - Good documentation / support. I only have the Software Support Manual and the Device Driver manual. The Device Driver manual is kinda thin, but the Software Support Manual is very good. > > 9 - X windows (yea right). Not yet. -- ----------------+------------------------------------------------------ Roger Ivie | Don't think of it as a 'new' computer, think of it as ivie@cc.usu.edu | 'obsolete-ready'