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From: Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org (Colin Paul Gloster)
Subject: Re: Realtime and ADA - stupid newby question
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In article <Xns941E8F4D03B96mpgexx2@216.168.3.44>, Marc Pelletier wrote:

"[..]

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.

[..]"

Read up on Ada 95's support for interfacing to C so that you will be able
to use a wide range of device drivers.