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Re: OSes

I was also impressed with the QNX...but i got yelled at for ever suggesting
it...i was told a full blown Linux distro was much better...as well as the
fact they stated qnx was free for personal use...gee...most ppl arent
building wearables to sell are they?...too bad for us with tiny second hand
CF cards to boot form and such....and tiny budgets....

eli

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Knapke <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 7:36 PM
Subject: OSes

> Has anyone on the list heard of or used QNX? its a RTP (Real Time
Platform)
> and its PC/104 compliant, I got the Demo disk and its just been lying
around
> for the last year in a desk drawer, but version 6.0 came out and I'm
burning
> the ISO as I type this. The demo disk impressed me becuase they fit the
base
> system, TCP/IP, the Photon microGUI (don't let the name fool you, its very
> impressive) a Web browser, a couple java based games, a text editor, a
> vector graphic w/ a little thing to dislpay it, and some other kinda
stuff,
> and it was ALL on a single floppy disk, which means that for people like
me,
> with only a few bucks to spend, Storage won't be plentiful, and this can
> solve that. By the way, its also free. If for no othe reason than
curiosity,
> I suggest you at least take a look at the website: www.qnx.com if you want
> to try out the demo floppy (which is still version 4.?) its unnder the
> products section.
>
> That's my little rant... we'll see how it goes when I install it.
> Mark
>
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