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QNX 6.3 Released

Posted by Hemos on from the dive-down-into-it dept.

Lufi2 writes "QNX 6.3 was released on 3 Jun. New features include accelerated 3D, the Voyager 2 browser which supports HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.1 now, SCTP (stream control transmission protocol) and packet filtering with NAT! GCC 3.3.1 is also included. If it's not a typo, the Professional version costs $8695/user o_O Usual QNX NC (non-commercial = free beer) LiveCD is not available on the download area yet (As of 9 Jun)... But it sounds very promising"

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  1. Re:Erm... by turgid · · Score: 4, Interesting
    That said... what the heck do they run nuclear reactors on, anyway?

    Well, in the UK they all have analogue multiply-redundant and diverse saftey ciruits that resond in miliseconds or less.

    For routine temperature monitoring and data display they use everything from archaic 1970s minicomputers to RISC workstations and even the dreaded Windows NT.

    Many of our reactors are designed such that they can be run safely (albeit in steady sate i.e. constant temperature and power output) on a few passive analogue guages.

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