Anyone have info on pulse?

[arny@wayback.UUCP]

The January 87 issue of IEE Software has a book review (page 95) of:

   Pulse: An Ada-Based Distributed Operating System
     by D. Keefe, G.M.Tomlinson, I.C.Wand, and A.J. Wellings.
     (Academic press, Orlando Fla., 1985)

This seems like a very interesting book.  The objective of Pulse is to develop
"a distributed environment, using Ada as the implementation vehicle"
and taking Unix as the environment whose successful features are to be
emulated.  It supposedly connects several personal computers in a LAN.  The
book is written for people very knowledgeable about Ada and interested in
distributed operating systems.  The book is given a very good review.

My questions are these:

    - Does anyone know if this book describes an ongoing project or an idea?
    - Where is this work being done?  Is it complete?
    - Why haven't we heard of this effort before?
    - Are there any papers published or presentations made by the authors that
      I have somehow missed?
    - Does anyone have ANY additional information on Pulse?


Arny B. Engelson
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