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Re: OSes

Yelled at by whom?
just curious.

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Raven" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 9:51 PM
Subject: 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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