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QNX RTOS uses netbsd userspace applications, actually. And a lot of the drivers in QNX are from NetBSD. It’s more properly a “microkernel” which means the drivers run as userspace applications with a defined interface to the kernel for memory maps to underlying hardware.

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Are new versions of QNX available on X86?

yes. (newest one might just be x86_64, not 100% sure on that)

> newest one might just be x86_64

This would be weird. I believe 32-bit x86 still is widely used by the target audience.

Some subset, but even there it's waning, especially for new designs. QNX is seems to be not mentioning it explicitly anymore, and I don't remember seeing it in the options last time I looked, but it's very possible that it is still available if necessary.

That's cool, I can emulate 32 if necessary :)

How might one obtain it?

Go there:

http://www.qnx.com/download/group.html?programid=29178

Download:

QNX Software Center

Register a free Non-Commercial/Academic License:

http://www.qnx.com/download/feature.html?programid=51624

I'm guessing, call blackberry and prepare to break your piggybank?

Annnnd please let us know how many limbs you had to sell. I'm actually interested in ballpark numbers for this, as I have very fond memories of QNX as the OS where my 100us timers did fire even under heavy IO, threading churn, etc. I miss that.

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