FAQs comp.realtime
Frequently Asked Questions of Newsgroup comp.realtime.

IEEE-CS TC-RTS
IEEE Computer Society, Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems. Superb, high quality, large link page.

RTSS '98
19th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium. You Would also find info related to Real-Time, RTSS, IEEE, Operating Systems, Formal Methods, Networks, Communications, Multimedia, Signal Processing, Control, Performance Analysis, Design, Programming Languages, Databases, Distributed Systems, Verification, Prototyping, Automation, Madrid and much more.

Dedicated Systems: Real-Time Encyclopedia
Some very useful material including the study: What makes a good RTOS? You Would also find info related to real-time, realtime, embedded, RTOS, Real-Time Operating Systems, VME, VMEbus, PCI, PMC, CPCI, IndustryPack, IP, mezzanines, tools, CASE, object-oriented, multiprocessing, parallel, distributed, processing, thread, task, multitask, fieldbus, architecture and much more.

Dedicated Systems: Real-Time Market overview
Current version. You Would also find info related to real-time, realtime, embedded, RTOS, Real-Time Operating Systems, VME, VMEbus, PCI, PMC, CPCI, IndustryPack, IP, mezzanines, tools, CASE, object-oriented, multiprocessing, parallel, distributed, processing, thread, task, multitask, fieldbus, architecture and much more.

Dedicated Systems: RTOS buyer's guide
Current version. Is an RTOS missing, or a description wrong? Log in and fix it. You Would also find info related to real-time, realtime, embedded, RTOS, Real-Time Operating Systems, VME, VMEbus, PCI, PMC, CPCI, IndustryPack, IP, mezzanines, tools, CASE, object-oriented, multiprocessing, parallel, distributed, processing, thread, task, multitask, fieldbus, architecture and much more.

DOORS: Design of Object-Oriented Real-time Systems
Goal: develop method to design real-time systems that: is practical for large scale, complex systems; includes support of OO techniques to achieve reuse in implementations; helps visualize and test design concepts during early stages when main decisions are made. Carleton University, Ottawa Canada.

DROPS: Dresden Real-Time Operating System Project
Several RTOSs with QoS focus: much research is done on networking support for continuous-media applications, very few projects tackle related OS issues, such as scheduling and file system support for bounded response time: overview, status, download, installation, use, documentation, papers. You Would also find info related to drops, microkernel, µ-kernel, fiasco, l4, l4linux, l4atm, operating system, haertig, härtig and much more.

E. Douglas Jensen's Real-Time for the Real World
It's not your father's real-time! Why what you think you know about real-time computing and distributed real-time systems probably won't work. Slowly replacing Realtime-os.com. You Would also find info related to real-time, realtime, REAL-TIME, REALTIME, distributed real-time, distributed realtime, distribution real-time, distribution realtime, real-time Java, realtime Java, real-time CORBA, realtime CORBA and much more.

FORTS: Fault-Tolerant, Real-Time Systems
Mainly research on RT-Mach, also RT resource management, RT fault-tolerant scheduling for multiprocessors, verification and validation, error detection and recovery, technology transfer to space and avionics applications. Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh.

Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS) VxWorks, QNX and Others
Many topically classified links on RTOSs (general, lecture notes, research, basics, concepts), embedded systems, VxWorks and Tornado, QNX, Windows CE, Palm OS. [OneSmartClick.Com] You Would also find info related to Real Time Operating Systems, RTOS and much more.

Real-Time & Database Systems Laboratories
CCS Labs: Computer Science: University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Broadcast on Demand, Composability and Fault Tolerance, Spring Project, Support for real-time computing in general purpose operating systems.

Real-Time Operating Systems
Term paper with overview of realtime OSs: kernel rules, RTOS types, kernel services, software design and constraints.

Real-Time Operating Systems
Term paper with overview of realtime OSs: definitions, applications, existing systems and some traits.

Real-Time Operating Systems
Short, annotated, alphabetically sorted list and links, part of larger system.

Real-time systems
Very useful. Many fine links. Part of larger site.

Real-Time Systems: The International Journal of Time-Critical Computing Systems
Quarterly, available electronically via Kluwer Online.

Realtime-computing List
Long, comprehensive list of operating systems and tools for realtime market, from varied 'net postings.