qnx

[maus]

Dunno if there is any significance, but when I started using computers,
there were adverts for Unix things, saying QNX (for something). I saw an
advert for QNX today.

[Dave Garland]

Post by maus
Dunno if there is any significance, but when I started using computers,
there were adverts for Unix things, saying QNX (for something). I saw an
advert for QNX today.

An OS (primarily) for embedded systems since the 1980s. It is
apparently popular in the automotive world these days. There's a
Wikipedia article.

[Matthew Ernisse]

Post by Dave Garland

Post by maus
Dunno if there is any significance, but when I started using computers,
there were adverts for Unix things, saying QNX (for something). I saw an
advert for QNX today.

An OS (primarily) for embedded systems since the 1980s. It is
apparently popular in the automotive world these days. There's a
Wikipedia article.

BlackBerry (nee Research in Motion) bought QNX a while back and used it
for the basis of their now defunct BlackBerry 10 phone / tablet operating
system. Last I knew QNX was somewhat unique in that it was actually
certified for life safety applications.

When I had a BlackBerry 10 phone I was able to poke around and it had a
reasonably Linux-ish CLI and tool set under the hood. The GUI and SDK
were all QT based so it was very familiar.

[Andy Burns]

Post by maus
Dunno if there is any significance, but when I started using computers,
there were adverts for Unix things, saying QNX (for something). I saw an
advert for QNX today.

Before live linux CDs were a thing, they used to make a bootable floppy with
TCP/IP stack and web browser as a bit of a demo of their toolset, other than
that I never used qnx.

[J. Clarke]

Post by Andy Burns

Post by maus
Dunno if there is any significance, but when I started using computers,
there were adverts for Unix things, saying QNX (for something). I saw an
advert for QNX today.

Before live linux CDs were a thing, they used to make a bootable floppy with
TCP/IP stack and web browser as a bit of a demo of their toolset, other than
that I never used qnx.

I encountered QNX in the wild once, at some agency or other (I forget
which) of the CT state government. I don't recall much other than
whatever problem they had I was able to resolve, and that I never
wanted to see that system again.

[Vasco Costa]

Post by maus
Dunno if there is any significance, but when I started using
computers, there were adverts for Unix things, saying QNX (for
something). I saw an advert for QNX today.

I remember trying QNX on my desktop in the very early 2000s. I don't
remember if I downloaded an ISO or if I got some CD (back then it was
common for Linux and OS magazines to include CDs).

It felt extremely fast and responsive. IIRC they attributed this to
their real-time kernel. On the command line I remember doing uname -a
and noticing the kernel was named Neutrino RTOS. The GUI was typical of
the 90s and in a way reminded me a mix of UNIX and BeOS. There was a bar
on the right side. The browser, which I don't remember the name, worked
pretty well. IIRC there were also nice email, IRC and ICQ clients. The
file manager was called Photon, so I guess the creators loved particle
physics. The whole thing was pretty robust, to the point I used it as my
daily driver for a few months, almost equivalent to a Linux distro.

Great memories from those times. Now I think I'll try to run an old
version on a VM. As for the modern versions, like has been mentioned
here, the OS is now targeted at the automotive industry.

[Kurt Weiske]

To: Vasco Costa
-=> Vasco Costa wrote to alt.folklore.computers <=-

VC> I remember trying QNX on my desktop in the very early 2000s. I don't
VC> remember if I downloaded an ISO or if I got some CD (back then it was
VC> common for Linux and OS magazines to include CDs).

Back then, qnx's live environment fit on a floppy disk!





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Post by Vasco Costa
It felt extremely fast and responsive. IIRC they attributed this to
their real-time kernel. On the command line I remember doing uname -a
and noticing the kernel was named Neutrino RTOS. The GUI was typical of
the 90s and in a way reminded me a mix of UNIX and BeOS. There was a bar
on the right side. The browser, which I don't remember the name, worked
pretty well. IIRC there were also nice email, IRC and ICQ clients. The
file manager was called Photon, so I guess the creators loved particle
physics. The whole thing was pretty robust, to the point I used it as my
daily driver for a few months, almost equivalent to a Linux distro.

What's the best way to play around with an RTOS today? Something that
can run Python or Go ideally.

[Vasco Costa]

Post by meff
What's the best way to play around with an RTOS today? Something that
can run Python or Go ideally.

I haven't tried it myself but I've heard about FreeRTOS. I'm pretty sure
that at least MicroPython should work there.