From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00, PP_MIME_FAKE_ASCII_TEXT autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,216b18d81cce4f75 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-28 12:26:36 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!oleane.net!oleane!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Microkernel? Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:03:00 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9hfv15$s59$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <%3H_6.416$Kf3.3173@www.newsranger.com> <9hfgrm$ngd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B3B6D4C.5DEC7D52@online.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 993754981 28841 136.170.200.133 (28 Jun 2001 19:03:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jun 2001 19:03:01 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9215 Date: 2001-06-28T19:03:01+00:00 List-Id: I have not looked at tunis. Never even heard of it. I've heard of RTEMS - something that borders on being a good start for such a project, but I've never dug into it deep enough to know if it is really suitable. I'll see what Google has to offer. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" wrote in message news:3B3B6D4C.5DEC7D52@online.no... > Marin David Condic wrote: > > > Its a shame - I'd love to see an Ada OS available for PCs, etc. However, I > > think that the project was just too ambitious to succeed. If it had the > > first objective being a simple, embedable OS to handle scheduling and I/O, > > it might have got to that level - then been able to progress from there. A > > good, solid, real-time executive would be a good place to start for a more > > robust PC-ish OS. > > Have you had a look at tunis? It is an existing operating system written > in Ada. > > I don't remember what hardware it runs on, but it would probably be > easier to port an existing OS than writing it from scratch. > > > Greetings,