Re: QNX RTOS? (Apologies for off-topic!)

["R. G. Mayhue" <serenesoftware@serenesoftware.com>]

On Mon, 10 May 1999, you wrote:
> My dear old mom sent me a clipping describing the QNX RTOS, which with a
> GUI, an internet browser (with JavaScript, frames and animated GIF
> support), and a dialer, is claimed to fit on one HD floppy.
> 
> I did the "Floppy challenge" and downloaded their zipped file from 
> http://www.qnx.com/.  
> The downloading, unzipping and floppy installation seemed to go
> flawlessly but produced nothing that would boot either of my fairly
> ordinary 200MHz Pentium PCs.  Not surprisingly, it didn't put any files
> on the floppy that Windoze recognized, either.
> 
> Have any of you tried the process with better results?

I downloaded and tried it right after I read your post. It booted my Pentium
200MHz MMX with no problems and worked perfectly. Maybe you should try a *new*
floppy?

Rob Mayhue
rob@serenesoftware.com