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From: wheelerd@tt.com (David Wheeler)
Subject: Embedded 386 Tools
Organization: Telecommunications Techniques Corporation, Germantown MD
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:41:04 GMT

My company is considering using a 386 or 486 as an embedded processor
and we are looking for a set of tools that can support 386 software
development.  We have had only limited success trying to find
compilers, linker/locators, debuggers, and emulation support for the
386 outside of the DOS/Windows environment.  It would be very helpful
if anyone currently doing development of this nature could send me
information on the tools you are using.

We are looking for compilers (with 32-bit support), assemblers,
linker/locators, source-level debuggers, and emulators.  PC-based and
workstation based cross-development tools are both of interest to us.
Product names and manufacturers would be useful as well as any hints
and/or tips on which tools work well with each other.  Thank you.

- David Wheeler
  wheelerd@tt.com
  Telecommunications Techniques Corporation
Xref: sparky comp.realtime:971 comp.robotics:1594
From: gratclif@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Gregory W Ratcliff)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime,comp.robotics
Subject: miniboard posting #2
Keywords: Miniboard 68hc11 robotics control
Date: 18 Aug 92 18:35:38 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Ohio State University

Ok...
I will begin taking orders now for the miniboard .

The price is $12.00 U.S. each in advance.

C.O.D. is $12.00 U.S. each + $4.00 COD + $1.00 my hastle factor.
I really don't want to COD more than 1 or 2 boards to a given 
person due the the risks. (I have to pay COD+ 2 way shipping if
refused).

I will take checks (preferred) or money orders.  Checks will be
cashed upon receipt and a postcard mailed to your address to
confirm receipt of your check and the expected ship date.  In
my opinion most people will only be risking either $12 or $24
and really thats not much cash.

The boards will be fabbed on September 1, 1992.  Checks/orders
not in by that time will be returned after the 15th.  If on the
15th we have enough for a second run I will run those pcbs also
the following weekend.

After the 15th my involvement will have to be very low as classes
will be hot and heavy by then.

The Miniboard is a design by Fred Martin at MIT. 

The board contains/provides sites for 68hc11/analog i/o/
digital i/o and motor controller for dc motors.  Perfect
for those of us who would like to control the world--
(at little bit at a time)

Make checks/money orders payable to: 

Gregory W. Ratcliff
1763 Hess Blvd.
Columbus, Ohio 43212
phone (614) 487-0694 


I would REALLY like to do this ONCE as its not a "for profit"
operation. So please don't delay.  The best situation for me
is to begin this on the 5th and be done on Sunday with no
additional runs.

The PCB will be rectangular about 2.9 x 3.1 (in) double sided 
with solder mask and plated through holes.  All traces are solder
plated.  There will NOT be a silkscreen legend, but a photo
copy showing parts placement will be provided.  Components
are NOT included.  I have not heard of any problems with the
layout and do not attest to its accuracy.  From my experience
its ok anyway if it need a few cuts, as most people will be
making their own modifications for the puposes anyway. 

What fun!


-- 
Gregory W. Ratcliff  Ratcliff.8@osu.edu  on the internet   
Columbus, Ohio     ICBM
nz8r@w8cqk 	 on the air
N1697X     	 in the air
-- 
Gregory W. Ratcliff  Ratcliff.8@osu.edu  on the internet   
Columbus, Ohio     ICBM
nz8r@w8cqk 	 on the air
N1697X     	 in the air
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: system@convax.iar.nrc.ca (Jim.Jordan)
Subject: Fortran for 680x0 LynxOS
Reply-To: system@convax.iar.nrc.ca (Jim.Jordan)
Organization: National Research Council,Ottawa,Canada
Distribution: comp.lang.fortran, comp.realtime
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 08:11:49 EDT

Hello:						Aug-21-92

	Does anyone know a Fortran compiler for 680x0 systems which would run
under LynxOS ?  We have some users who require Fortran for a project here
so this is a definite requirement - as opposed to switching these users to C
or using f2c etc.

							Thanks
							---Jim---

________________________________________________________________________________
Jim Jordan,				Internet: jordan@convax.iar.nrc.ca
Rm.233, Bldg. U-61, FRL			Phone: (613) 998-4809
Institute for Aerospace Research,	Fax:   (613) 952-1704
National Research Council,	
Ottawa, CANADA  K1A 0R6
________________________________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: chrism@col.hp.com (Chris Magnuson)
Subject: BOOKS FOR SALE!!
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 16:45:37 GMT
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division


   What follows is a list of more books for sale.  Terms are the same as before,
shipping is $4 additional, books are hardcover (unless noted), etc.  Best
offer, etc.

   Topics include electronics, DSP (digital signal processing), software
engineering, computer languages and data structures, and realtime
programming.

Chris Magnuson
chrism@col.hp.com
Software Engineer
Hewlett-Packard


*************************
Digital Signal Processing
*************************

  Theory and Application of Digital Signal Processing, Rabiner and Gold, ISBN
0-13-914101-4, 762 pages, $20.


******************
Software/Languages
******************

  A Book on C, Kelley and Pohl, ISBN 0-8053-6860-4, 362 pages, $8 (softcover).
  "Good beginning-intermediate C programming text."

  Compiler Design in C, Holub, ISBN 0-13-155045-4, 924 pages, $30.
  "Good implementation book on compiler writing and theory."

  Data Structures Using Pascal, Tenenbaum and Augenstein, Second Edition, 
ISBN 0-13-196668-5, 774 pages, $20.
  "The most used book on dta structures at the university level."

  Structured Design, Yourdon and Constantine, ISBN 0-13-854421-9, 473 pages,
$15.
  "The classic software design text."

  An Implementation Guide to Real-Time Programming, Ripps, ISBN 0-13-451873-X,
262 pages, $15.
  "Just like it says...implementation-oriented realtime book."

  Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, Second Edition, Pressman,
   ISBN 0-07-050783-X, 567 pages, $13.
  "I hate to part with this one...McCabe/Halstead/metrics, data flow and
   design...just about everything you can think of including object-oriented
   design."

***********
Electronics
***********

  Circuit Theory Fundamentals and Applications, Budak, ISBN 0-13-133975-3,
590 pages, $10.
  "The best book there is for learning circuit theory from."

  Illustrated Encyclopedic Dictionary of Electronics, Douglas-Young, ISBN
0-13-450791-6, 606 pages, $10.
  " Good reference."

  Basic Electronics, Grob, Third Edition, ISBN 07-024917-2, 763 pages, $5.
  "Has a variety of topics, including tubes!"

  Electronic Devices and Circuits: Discrete and Integrated, Ghausi, ISBN
0-03-062481-9, 808 pages, $10.
  "Hot book on designing electronic circuits, from diodes through
   op-amps."

  Micro-Electronic Circuits, Sedra and Smith, ISBN 0-03-056729-7, 927 pages,
$15.
  "Another hot book...diodes, op-amps, FETs, transistors, etc."
  
  Analog-Digital Conversion Handbook, Third Edition, Sheingold, Ed., ISBN
  0-13-032848-0, 670+ pages, $10.
  "Want to know how analog-digital and digital-analog conversion works?"

  Microprocessor Architecture, Programming, and Applications, Gaonkar,
ISBN 0675-201594-05, 655+ pages, $10.
  "Designing with microprocessors is very 90's-ish."

  Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits , Second Edition, Gray
   and Meyer, ISBN 0-471-87493-0, 771 pages, $15.
  "Transistors, diff amps, op-amp stages, FETs..."

Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: tu@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Shengru Tu)
Subject: Time(d) Petri net simulation software in public domain?
Summary: shareware inquiry
Keywords: Time(d) Petri net
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:53:13 GMT

Two months agao, I saw an article in this newsproup providing an ftp
address for a timed Petri net simulation program along with sth else.
But I missed that file.  Could some one share with me (if you e-mail)
me or us (if you post) your information of SW of this particular type?

If I get more than 2 pieces, I will post a brief summary.

THANX!

-shengru

Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: harald@efads1.tuwien.ac.at (Harald Stadlbauer)
Subject: Realtime tools
Reply-To: harald@efads1.tuwien.ac.at (Harald Stadlbauer)
Organization: Technical University of Vienna, INFA
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 06:59:19 GMT


I am posting this for a friend and forward replies to him:



For all that have the need to bring Real-Time and relational DBs
together, there is some hope now.

RTA (Real Time Architecture) is a toolbox for implementing OS-independent,
distributed, Real-Time applications which require data to be stored and
maintained in relational DBs like ORACLE and DEC-Rdb.

RTA features

o  an OS-independent C interface library for system-calls
o  a common C subroutine library for Real-Time applications
o  a Real-Time object system for administration of shared memory
   data-objects
o  a procedural SQL interface for easy use of SQL in C programs
o  OS-independent  task management and supervision
o  OS-independent  intertask event handling
o  OS-independent  intertask queue communication
o  OS-independent  node (network nodes) handling and supervision
o  OS-independent  network-wide intertask event handling
o  OS-independent  network-wide intertask queue communication
o  a memory resident real time database (RtDb) with a hot link
   to a relational DB (SqlDb) with automatic RtDb to SqlDb
   table-synchronisation
o  network-wide RtDb to RtDb (internode) table-synchronisation
o  network-wide SqlDb to SqlDb (internode) table-synchronisation

Moreover it offers highly sophisticated features for easy
implementation of  MASTER-SLAVE and/or SERVER-CLIENT
configurations with HOT-LINKS to slaves and clients.


RTA, which is purely implemented in ANSI-C, is available as
a Run-Time license or as an unlimited source code license.

It currently supports the following OSs and DBs:

          OS          DBs
          -----------------------------
          VMS         DEC-Rdb, ORACLE
          ULTRIX      ORACLE
          ISC-UNIX    ORACLE
          OS/2        ORACLE
From: stsai@acsu.buffalo.edu (Shuoh-Ren Tsai)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Real-Time Conferences
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:44:57 GMT
Organization: UB

Hi Netters,

   Would anyone out there tell me some information about the schedule of Real-
Time Conferences?
   Thanks in advance.

---   Shuoh-Ren Tsai                        stsai@acsu.buffalo.edu   
      Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng.   State Univ. of N.Y. at Buffalo
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: mogal@deadhead.asd.sgi.com (Joshua Mogal)
Subject: Re: Real-Time Operating System List
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:32:50 GMT

In article <1992Aug11.171650.23051@cs.cmu.edu>, dstewart+@cs.cmu.edu (David B Stewart) writes:
|> 
|> Below is a list of both commercial and research Real-Time Operating
|> Systems (RTOS) which are being used around the world for implementing
|> sensor-based systems.  Only the name and address of at most one
|> distributor per country per RTOS is included.  Since the available
|> features of each RTOS are constantly changing, and the advantages and
|> disadvantages of each are greatly a matter of opinion and target
|> application, no such descriptions are given.  If you want 
|> that information, contact the distributor directly, or ask
|> your colleagues on the Net for their opinions.
|> 
|> Please send updates/changes/corrections to <dstewart@cmu.edu>.
|> 

Another addition to list should include the IRIX operating system for Silicon Graphics computer systems.  Since 1989, the IRIX operating system has offered a complete SVID, POSIX-compliant UNIX operating system with the proprietary REACT real-time kernel.  REACT enables processes to preempt the kernel, lock processes to processors (on our Symmetric Multi-Processing systems), set non-degradable process priorities, etc.  For more information contact your local SGI sales office or send e-mail to:

		Ralph Humphries
		Real-Time Product Management
		ralphh@sgi.com
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: fff@microplex.com (Fred Fierling)
Subject: VxWorks vs. pSOS
Organization: Microplex Systems Ltd
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:57:45 GMT

I would appreciate any comments on how these two realtime OS's compare to
each other.  In particular:

- Is one more suited to a particular type of application than the other?

- What are the respective vendors (Wind River and Software Components Group)
  like to deal with?

- How good are their development tools?

- How fast are their TCP/IP modules (on say, a 10MHz 68000)?
-- 
Fred Fierling    fff@microplex.com       Tel: 604 875-1461   Fax: 604 875-9029
Microplex Systems Ltd   265 East 1st Avenue   Vancouver, BC   V5T 1A7,  Canada
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: fff@microplex.com (Fred Fierling)
Subject: uCOS availability by ftp
Organization: Microplex Systems Ltd
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 19:39:25 GMT

uCOS, the pd realtime kernel written up in a recent article of Embedded
Systems, is now available by ftp from ftp.uu.net in vendor/microplex/pub.
Filenames: ucos.tar.Z or ucos.zip
-- 
Fred Fierling    fff@microplex.com       Tel: 604 875-1461   Fax: 604 875-9029
Microplex Systems Ltd   265 East 1st Avenue   Vancouver, BC   V5T 1A7,  Canada
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: gratclif@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Gregory W Ratcliff)
Subject: Re: uCOS availability by ftp
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 04:02:08 GMT

As far as I know the article is NOT available except in
Embedded Systems.  Jean Labrosse is writing a book which
will (I expect) detail the kernel.

DON'T  attempt to use uCOS in anything other than Borland supported
environments unless you are prepared to spend a little time
recoding some small but critical section.

Greg


-- 
Gregory W. Ratcliff  Ratcliff.8@osu.edu  on the internet   
Columbus, Ohio     ICBM
nz8r@w8cqk 	 on the air
N1697X     	 in the air
From: BSS_MIKE@vd.seqeb.gov.au
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Shared memory access under 1003.4?
Date: 17 Aug 92 11:12:50 EST
Organization: South East Queensland Electricity Board

Is access to shared memory covered by 1003.4?

If so, how is identification of a region currently being proposed - via a
numeric identifier as per System 5, or by a name as per VMS. Presumably once 
accessed, a handle would then be used for efficiency?

-- 
Michael Leditschke - System Support		Email:	bss_mike@seqeb.gov.au
South East Queensland Electricity Board		Fax:	+61 7 2217556
GPO Box 1461, Brisbane 4001 AUSTRALIA		Phone:	+61 7 2234495

 "We must be pessimists of the mind, and optimists of the will" - Grimski
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
From: miller@ee.tamu.edu (Kelly M Miller)
Subject: Re: uCOS availability by ftp
Organization: Texas A&M University
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 23:10:27 GMT


Is there documentation for uCOS available on-line? I do not
have access to Embedded Systems magazine. I have the uCOS
files but there is no explanation of the kernel. 

Also is the kernel pd or shareware? The readme file does not
address the issue. I am assuming it is pd for now.

thanx.
From: steve@amber.ssd.csd.harris.com (Steve Brosky)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Re: Shared memory access under 1003.4?
Date: 17 Aug 92 21:52:27 GMT
Organization: Harris CSD, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

In article <17285@vd.seqeb.gov.au> BSS_MIKE@vd.seqeb.gov.au writes:
>Is access to shared memory covered by 1003.4?
yes

>If so, how is identification of a region currently being proposed - via a
>numeric identifier as per System 5, or by a name as per VMS. Presumably once 
>accessed, a handle would then be used for efficiency?

The mmap() interfaces from SVR4 are used.  This means that shared
memory objects are identified by a name.  The shared memory object
is opened via the standard open() call, or via a new interface shm_open().
The memory object is then mapped into the programs address space
via the mmap() interface.

Steve Brosky
Harris Computer Systems
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
From: bdl@cruiser.uucp (Bob Lombard)
Newsgroups: comp.realtime
Subject: Re: BIOS for the 80188/80186
Keywords: BIOS, PC/XT, 80188/80186
Date: 22 Aug 92 02:00:50 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: what? me organized? no way!

cole@noao.edu (Lonnie Cole) writes:

> Well since I didn't get any response on a PC BIOS for the NEC V25 how
> about a PC BIOS for the 80188/80186. Does anyone know of a XT or PC
> compatible BIOS for 80188, 80186 or the NEC V25 (preferably PD with
> source). Any help will be appreciated.

There is an outfit here in San Diego called ANNABOOKS that may have
what you need.  The phone # is 1-800-462-1042.  I've seen them advertise
several different roll-your-owb BIOS kits aimed at embedded DOS systems.
 goo luck !


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Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
From: rariss@wx.gtegsc.com (Rushdi A. Ariss)
Subject: Re: Accessing the net with a home computer?
Organization: GTE Govt Sys, IIPO, Weather Sys Engr
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:52:34 GMT

In article <1992Aug13.210313.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk> cmbr01@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:

>Hi
>I am uncertain if this is a suitable group, but I would like to
>know where I can obtain information on how to access the news
>network from a home computer.

>I have no idea at all! I access the net from my university, which I
>will be leaving soon and would like to continue reading news.

>I would like to know all details possible.
>If this is the wrong newsgroup, could someone please forward this 
>message to a more suitable group.

>Please send all replies via e-mail and not to the net.
>Adios, J.

***************************  Me Too **************************************

If you could send me a similar reply, I would appreciate it.  I'd also
like to have access to news after I leave school.  Thanks!

Rushdi A. Ariss

rariss@vax.csun.edu
or
rariss@wx.gtegsc.com
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Newsgroups: news.admin.policy,comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: Groups used to distribute illegal material
Date: 13 Aug 92 21:26:16 GMT
Followup-To: comp.admin.policy
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

[A followup to an article in news.admin.policy, in a thread about
restricting newsgroups with a lot of probably illegal material in
them.]

In article <1992Aug13.160445.16878@dragon.acadiau.ca> 880518l@dragon.acadiau.ca (Nelson Langille) writes:

   Yes, but isin't it true that many(mostly all) anonymous FTP sites
   contain pictures which are copyrighted?  So what's the difference.

Unless you mean, "many anonymous FTP sites which contain pictures
contain pictures which are copyrighted," your statement is false,
since most anonymous ftp sites don't carry any pictures at all -- they
don't have the space and don't think it's important enough (and don't
want to worry about the copyright problems).

As for your latter question, "So what's the difference?"  If anything,
administrators of ftp sites with copyrighted materials on them are
MORE likely to get into trouble if anybody decides to start enforcing
their subjects, since anonymous ftp site administrators have in many
cases actively made files available on their systems, rather than just
allowing copyrighted articles to pass through as part of the stream of
mostly legal material that is the Usenet.

If you are someone who thinks that newsgroups with much illegal
material in them should not be received by your site, then you
probably also believe that your site should not have an anonymous ftp
archive with illegal material in it.  If, on the other hand, you
believe that the newsgroup is OK because you think that Usenet sites
have common carrier status, then you may or may not believe the same
thing about anonymous ftp archives.

Of course, the existence of anonymous ftp archives that allow anyone
to put files in them for downloading without interacting with the
administrator clouds the issue somewhat.

Further discussion of anonymous ftp archives should probably go
somewhere other than news.admin.policy, since it has nothing to do
with news.  I have cross-posted and redirected followups to
comp.admin.policy.

-- 
Jonathan Kamens                                         jik@MIT.Edu
MIT Information Systems/Athena              Moderator, news.answers
    (Send correspondence related to the news.answers newsgroup
        {and ONLY correspondence related to the newsgroup}
                 to news-answers-request@MIT.Edu.)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
From: Glenn Stauffer <stauffer@cc.swarthmore.edu>
Subject: Are you using the ABT college financial system?
X-Xxdate: Fri, 14 Aug 92 15:47:46 GMT
Organization: Swarthmore College Computing Center
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d7
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 14:48:07 GMT

I am researching the college financial products from ABT (Applied
Business Technologies, Newtown Square, PA).

If you are using this product from or have any information about ABT and
would be willing to tell me about your experience and answer a few
questions, please send email to:

stauffer@cc.swarthmore.edu

Thank you

Glenn Stauffer
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
From: cliff@demon.co.uk (Cliff Stanford)
Subject: Re: Accessing the net with a home computer?
Reply-To: internet@demon.co.uk (Demon Internet Support Team)
Organization: Demon Systems Ltd.
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 11:25:49 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

	We offer net access to your home computer in the UK.  You log
onto our system using PPP or SLIP and your own computer becomes an
Internet host.
	For more information, send mail and I'll be happy to send you an
information pack or a descriptive mail message.
		Regards,
			Cliff.

--
Cliff Stanford				Demon Systems Limited
Demon Internet Services			42 Hendon Lane
***********************			London  N3 1TT  England
THE INTERNET FOR A TENNER-A-MONTH	081 349 0063
From: cmbr01@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Accessing the net with a home computer?
Date: 13 Aug 92 21:03:13 GMT
Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster

Hi
I am uncertain if this is a suitable group, but I would like to
know where I can obtain information on how to access the news
network from a home computer.

I have no idea at all! I access the net from my university, which I
will be leaving soon and would like to continue reading news.

I would like to know all details possible.
If this is the wrong newsgroup, could someone please forward this 
message to a more suitable group.

Please send all replies via e-mail and not to the net.
Adios, J.
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
Subject: Re: Computer Usage Policy Statements?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 18:50:52 GMT

jwmanly@amherst.edu writes:

>Hello, everyone.

>Forgive me if my memory is faulty, but I believe this is the group were I
>recently (within the last two or three months) saw a number of individual
>institutions' computer account usage policies posted for comment.  ("Users
>must not give their passwords to others, etc.")

>Amherst College is now in the process of drafting such a document, but I
>find I no longer have any copies of any of the old messages in this group.
>If someone would be so kind as to E-mail me any of the samples that were
>posted here, I would be most grateful.

I believe computer usage and security policies from various
universities are available by anonymous ftp from ariel.unm.edu 
(in the  ethics  directory) ...

--
Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca)