HP Announces New Release Of HP-RT Real-Time Operating System.PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1997-- Hewlett-Packard Company today announced Release 3.0 of the HP-RT real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. and associated software packages. This release includes several enhancements to the developer's kit and updates to existing software packages. HP-RT is a standards-based, real-time operating system that offers sub-100-microsecond deterministic response times. The combination of this real-time speed capability with a POSIX-based operating system is designed to help application developers port software more easily, achieve faster time to market and cut maintenance costs. New functionality provided by Release 3.0 includes the following: -- support for the recently introduced 132MHz HP Model 744rt. This VMEbus single-board computer includes 128KB of on-chip cache with the new PA-7300 RISC processor and can be configured with up to 256MB of DRAM. It has two expansion slots to accommodate advanced graphics, networking and I/O cards; -- addition of industry-standard POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX) An IEEE 1003.1 standard that defines the language interface between application programs and the Unix operating system. .1b real-time extensions; -- dynamic shared libraries for reduced program size and centralized maintenance; -- distributed debugging environment (DDErt) for HP SoftBench application development and debugging of HP-RT programs; and -- additional development tools and overall system performance improvements. EXISTING PRODUCTS WITH NEW RELEASES FOR HP-RT 3.0 VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. backplane networking supports the networking of two or more HP processor boards over the VME backplane, booting HP-RT over the VMEbus from an HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. (1) system and using ARPA/Berkeley networking or NFS. X11 SERVERrt allows X library results to be displayed directly on a graphics monitor connected to an HP-RT target system. STREAMSrt with data link provider interface (networking) Data Link Provider Interface - (DLPI) The interface that a network driver presents to the (higher level) logical link layer for driving the network at the datagram level in a Unix STREAMS environment and possibly elsewhere. (DLPI DLPI - Data Link Provider Interface ) allows programmers to write and port STREAMS-based applications for HP-RT. SNMPrt Agent allows customers to communicate with and modify parameters in a remote computer. It extends the networking capabilities of HP-RT into the HP OpenView and other SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. network-management environments. U.S. PRICES AND ORDERING INFORMATION Release 3.0 of the HP-RT developer's kit is composed of a single license to use and a software/documentation bundle. HP B5486AA HP-RT developer's kit license $9,995 Quantity discounts are available for simultaneous purchase of multiple licenses. HP B5487AA HP-RT developer's kit software $1,195 and manuals (includes options) Option AAH software on DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S tape Option AAU CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). certificate Option APZ for HP-UX 10.20/HP-RT 3.0 Customers must order one of the two media options (AAH or AAU). Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 112,800 employees and had revenue of $38.4 billion in its 1996 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com . (1) HP-UX 9.X and 10.0 for HP 9000 Series 700 and 800 computers are X/Open(R) Company UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) 95 branded products. HP-UX 10.20 is an X/Open UNIX 95 branded product. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: X/Open is a registered trademark, and the X device is a trademark of X/Open Company Ltd. in the UK and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. CONTACT: Hewlett-Packard Company Maggie Foresee-Griese, 408/746-5487 |
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