Re: Mil question.

[Jim Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net>]

If you want a realtime OS with WIN32 compatible API try ETS.
ETS was developed by Pharlap, which was purchased by Venturcom.
ETS is supported by the Aonix Ada compiler. I believe GNAT also has
an ETS port.

Following is an excerpt from the ETS description at www.pharlap.com.

" TNT Embedded ToolSuite (ETS) is a complete embedded development 
environment for Intel's 32-bit x86 processors, featuring a 
Windows-friendly realtime operating system (RTOS), the Realtime ETS 
Kernel. The Realtime ETS Kernel was built from the ground up to meet the 
requirements of industrial-strength embedded applications. Based on a 
Phar Lap-defined subset of the Win32 API, the Realtime ETS Kernel 
provided unequaled hard realtime functionality in a Windows-friendly 
package."

I have used this OS with the Aonix compiler. The combination works
very well. For instance, the number of tasks you can create is
limited only by the amount of memory on your system. Tasks and
protected objects work very well. You also get direct access to the
hardware, unlike the Microsoft NT systems.

Jim Rogers

Alex P. wrote:

>     Huh , I know some of those third-part realtime extensions for NT, but
> still Ada real time extension won't make use of it ??? Like even if RT
> extension allow 256 priority levels instead of only 32 available on NT, in
> GNAT I will have something like Priority'Last = 32 ?? Is there any RT
> extension for NT which allow to use Ada Annex D with it ?
>