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From: Gustavo Vieira Goncalves Coelho Rios <kernel@tdnet.com.br>
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To: Gilad Rom <rom_glsa@ein-hashofet.co.il>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Real-Time solution?
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Gilad Rom wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been using FreeBSD as a Server OS for a long time with great success
> and satisfaction,
> and now the need has come for a new solution to our production network,
> which has several 486/386 machines,
> that need a real time OS to monitor production status.
> 
> Question is, could FreeBSD be made suitable for such tasks?
> Performance isnt an issue, but I need to make precise time readings from the
> parallel port
> and timing is critical. Right now I am using DOS, which is pretty much fine
> for that, but
> I want something better.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> -- Gilad.
> 
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I think that FreeBSD is not a solution for your needs.
FreeBSD isn't bad, but that's not its focus.

Try something like QNX and/or Neutrino (http://www.qnx.com).

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		-- Lily Tomlin


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