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From: "Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-96" <condicma@PWFL.COM>
Subject: Re: Embedded Processor/Compiler Selection
Date: 1998/02/27
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Robert Dewar <dewar@MERV.CS.NYU.EDU> writes:
>
>No, that's a misunderstanding. Windows CE is indeed intended for hard
>real time embedded applications. Look for example at the recent newsstory
>on its adoption for a multi-million unit High-definition cable TV gizmo.
>
    Some folks have mentioned to me that Windows CE has been designed
    to work for real time systems (I'd still like to verify that it
    doesn't have the interrupt uncertainty problems of NT) but that
    there are other complaints. One complaint is that CE can currently
    only be used to work with Microsoft development tools due to
    proprietary load module formats. Another objection is that it is
    large (I can't believe the numbers that were given to me, so I
    won't quote them. I've got to chalk it up to a misunderstanding.
    But still the indication is that it is quite sizeable.)

    So it would seem that for the time being, it may be beyond
    consideration for my kind of app. But if it is being used in
    something like an HDTV gadget of some kind, maybe it has some
    potential. More research is clearly needed.

    MDC

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