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  1. Xref: sparky comp.realtime:1471 comp.os.misc:980
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!psuvax1!hsdndev!dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!mac
  3. From: mac@coos.dartmouth.edu (Milton A. Colvin)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.realtime,comp.os.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Real-time OS for PC's
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec22.131825.2150@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
  7. Date: 22 Dec 92 13:18:25 GMT
  8. References: <28944@castle.ed.ac.uk> <92352.130927CCVQC@CUNYVM.BITNET><id.VHYV.TDF@ferranti.com> <1h4o70INNea7@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> <92356.214536CCVQC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
  9. Sender: news@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (The News Manager)
  10. Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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  12.  
  13. My experience with iRMX was that the current release of the network
  14. software iNA960 was never compatible with a current release of the OS.
  15. Upgrades opften involved hardware modifications. Installation always
  16. required a site visit by an engineer.
  17.  
  18. Of course, this was 8 years ago. C wasn't even available.
  19.  
  20. Intel isn't a systems company.
  21.