Stumbling over Ada in a long thread in comp.arch.embedded I got interested in that language. I have some very simple (?) questions. Which is the minimal hardware requirement for running Ada on an embedded system? The "smallest" processor I found was a 386. Are 16- or even 8-bit processors supported, too? If so, what real time kernels can be used together with ada? Any hints are welcome! Michael Viotto Institut fuer Solare Energieversorgungstechnik (ISET) e.V. K�nigstor 59 34119 Kassel Tel: 0561/7294-219 Fax: -100 m.viotto@iset.uni-kassel.de www.iset.uni-kassel.de