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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=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,dbcc824743f89ca5 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-24 13:39:44 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Stephane Richard" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Realtime and ADA - stupid newby question X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:39:44 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.44.81.217 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1067027984 129.44.81.217 (Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:39:44 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:39:44 EDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1623 Date: 2003-10-24T20:39:44+00:00 List-Id: "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