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"Stephane Richard" <stephane.richard@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> "Marc Pelletier" <marc@goldak.stopspam.ca> wrote in message
> news:Xns941E8F4D03B96mpgexx2@216.168.3.44...
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am planning a realtime application for data acquisition on a pc104
> > platform and investigating my OS options. I'm normally a delphi
> programmer,
> > and rather than the pain of boning up on my very poor C/C++ skills, I
> would
> > like to learn ADA for this project. Can someone please point me to some
> > links which outline the pros and cons of the various OS's. I'm sure
there
> > are numerous I haven't heard of yet.
> >
> > Of particular interest is availability of device drivers for the various
> > OS's.  We need a/d converters, serial cards, gps cards... the usual
stuff.
> >


If you need the largest selection of device drivers then I would consider

Linux      (not really an RTOS, if your requirements are soft RT you can
probably get  by with
               this)
vxWorks (GNAT available, Rational Apex Ada available, Greenhills multi
available)
RT Linux (GNAT for this available http://rtportal.upv.es/apps/rtl-gnat/)

Also take a look at each of the offerings frmo
http://www.lynuxworks.com/