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Dynamic configurable kernel architecture to support hard/soft/non realtime use with interchangeable scheduling algorithms: fully modular in scheduling policies, aperiodic servers, concurrency control protocols; all not modular in most traditional OSs....

Secure, no royalty, for high reliability embedded systems; hardware memory protection to isolate and protect it and user tasks from incorrect operation by errors or tampering; object-oriented design allows verifying data security/integrity, communicat...

Realtime kernel for embedded uses, follows Minimal Real-Time POSIX.13 subset. Most code is Ada, but some C, assembly. Hardware access via Abstract Hardware Interface (HAL). Runs in cross development environment: PC Linux Host, bare 386 PC Target, Ethe...

A POSIX real-time operating system for x86/Pentium based systems. By Modcomp, Inc.