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Xref: sserve comp.os.misc:3035 comp.os.lynx:474 comp.os.os2:2989 comp.os.386bsd.questions:10491 comp.os.os2.programmer:13798 comp.os.lynx:475 comp.os.mach:3872 comp.os.minix:23800 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!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!portal.austin.ibm.com!awdprime.austin.ibm.com!babka From: babka@austin.ibm.com (Jim Babka) Subject: Re: Need good OS for intel X86 platform. Originator: babka@cubears.austin.ibm.com Sender: news@austin.ibm.com (News id) Message-ID: <CqH31t.3Kr1@austin.ibm.com> Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 17:53:53 GMT References: <1994May27.141723.13104@eplrx7.es.duPont.com> Organization: IBM Austin Lines: 62 Have you looked into OS/2? I have never done direct development for it myself, but I know it satisfies requirements 2, 4, and 8, and with the TCP/IP package for OS/2, you get 3, 6, and 9. I don't know whether there's anything that will get you requirement 1 directly - is there a reason beyond convenience that you need to avoid device drivers? In article <1994May27.141723.13104@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>, rogers@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Wade Rogers) writes: > - > 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 -- Jim Babka babka@austin.ibm.com (PWS), BABKA at AUSTIN (VM) What my employer thinks about what I say is best left unprinted...