"Marc Pelletier" 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. > Here's a first one that takes care of a lot of OS http://www.parl.clemson.edu/~jranjes/projects/Puma/compare.htm This one compares Mac OS/X Windows XP and Linux http://thetechnozone.com/smartbuyersguide/OS_Shootout-2003.htm Hopefully you'll find your answer in these links as in the specific information you want to know about > Also any background info I should read before starting in on ADA would be > great. *** Excellent choice :-) if I do say so myself...Hmmmm I just did didn't I? ;-). > > thanks > > Marc Pelletier > Goldak Exploration -- St�phane Richard "Ada World" Webmaster http://www.adaworld.com