[GTALUG] QNX [was Re: Linux servers attacked!]

James Knott james.knott at jknott.net
Mon May 11 14:47:07 EDT 2020


On 2020-05-11 02:02 PM, James Knott wrote:
> On 2020-05-11 01:55 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
>> I remember reading an ad in Byte (I think) a long time ago (obviously)
>> from QNX (before RIM bought them).  They offered a floppy-size
>> bootable system with this GUI.  This is probably it:
>>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_VlI6IBEJ0>
>
> I have every paper issue of Byte on the shelf behind me.  I don't 
> recall seeing videos in any of them. ;-)
>

I just pulled out the Aug. 1990 issue of Byte and found, on page 281, 
"The QNX operating system - A real time Unix-like operating system for 
the low-end PC" by Tom Yager.  At the end of the article is contact info 
for Quantum Software Systems, in Kanata, complete with phone number.




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