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Title Books about QNX4 and QNX Neutrino(QNX RTP's kernel)
Ref. No. QNX.000004275
Category(ies) Installation, Configuration
Issue We are looking for 3rd party books explaining QNX4 and QNX Neutrino.
Solution The QNX4 available books, outside the manuals, are:

QNX4 Real-time Operating System (ISBN 0921960018) written by Frank Kolnick covers the following topics:
x09x09o  Writing Programs
x09x09o  Managing Programs
x09x09o  IPC System Calls
x09x09o  File I/O Calls
x09x09o  Designing Programs and Systems
x09x09o  Testing and Debugging
x09x09o  A QNX Survival Guide
x09x09o  System Administration
x09x09o  More About Messages
x09x09o  Graphical User Interfaces

The book is 900 pages. To order the book contact Frank Kolnick at Basis Computer Systems Inc., 14 Gowinlock Court ,Cambridge, Ontario Canada, N1T 1N2 fax: 519-622-2789, email: fkolnick@sentex.net .


Getting Started with QNX 4 (ISBN 0-9682501-0-6) is a book written by Rob Krten which covers a broad range of topics including:
        o processes and threads
        o interrupts
        o message passing
        o resource managers
        o clocks and timers

The book is 300 pages, and features lots of code samples (especially in the resource manager section) and a glossary.  You can order the book by calling +1 877 PARSE-SW (toll free North America, or +1 613 599 8316 elsewhere). More information is available at http://www.parse.com


The
QNX Neutrino 2 available book, outside the manuals, is:

Getting Started with Neutrino 2 (ISBN 0-9682501-1-4) is a book written by Rob Krten which covers a broad range of topics including:

        o processes and threads
        o interrupts
        o message passing
        o resource managers
        o clocks and timers
        o porting from QNX 4 to Neutrino

The book is 500 pages, and features lots of code samples (especially in the resource manager section) and a glossary.  You can order the book by calling +1 877 PARSE-SW (toll free North America, or +1 613 599 8316 elsewhere). More information is available at http://www.parse.com

All
3 books are available from amazon.com website.

In addition to these books, you can either get the QNX4 or Neutrino System Architecture manuals from the QNX website at:

http://support.qnx.com/support/docs/index.html or you can contact QNX customer service at 1-800-363-9001 (in North America, or +1 613 591 0931 elsewhere) and ask for the printed system architecture manual. These manuals explain the concepts QNX and Neutrino are built on.
NOTE: All these books are available from amazon.com or chapters.ca .