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- From: mcintosh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (aubrey mcintosh)
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- Subject: Re: A survey: Your dream operating system
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- Date: 14 Dec 92 04:53:05 GMT
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- There is an operating system that runs on the '386 machines,
- and whose source is published. It is available by
- anonymous FTP.
-
- One nifty thing is that it has native code compilers on the
- SPARC, MacII, ...
-
- I have moved user data files between these machines, and
- they load without translation.
-
- The published version is for a N.S. 32x32 style cpu, on a
- custom workstation.
-
- The system compiles in 9 seconds.
-
- Text processing, Graphics processing, oops language support
- tight integration between applications all are evident. I
- have used this for almost 2 years, and prefer it to other
- environments I have used. I comprehended the system calls,
- and implemented a message based "viewer" in significantly
- less time than it took to modify a canned MS Windows
- demo.
-
-
- ftp: neptune.inf.ethz.ch:/Oberon/<SPARC,MacII,DOS386>
- Postscript docs are typically available.
-
- The ports are made by different individuals, and some
- experimental details of the language and operating system
- exist. Specific applications are included in some
- releases but not others.
-
- Here is an excerpt from the Oberon/SPARC/readme file
-
- ----------begin snippet--------
-
- DOCUMENTATION
- -------------
-
- SPARC-Oberon contains some basic on_line documentation to enable
- first_time users to get started with Oberon. However, for serious work
- we recommend the following books published by Addison_Wesley.
- Note that "Project Oberon" contains the full source code of the Oberon
- system and compiler. The source code is also available via ftp from
- subdirectory /Oberon/Examples.
-
- N. Wirth and M. Reiser: Programming in Oberon. Steps beyond Pascal and
- Modula_2.
- Addison Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-56543-9.
- Tutorial for the Oberon programming language and concise language
- reference.
-
- M. Reiser: The Oberon System. User Guide and Programmer's Manual.
- Addison Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-54422-9.
- User manual for the programming environment and reference for the standard
- module library.
-
- N. Wirth and J. Gutknecht: Project Oberon. The Design of an Operating
- System and Compiler.
- Addison Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-54428-8.
- Program listings with explanations for the whole Oberon system,
- including the compiler for NS32000.
-
-
- ....
-
- Any problems or comments may be reported to oberon@inf.ethz.ch
-
- -----end included snippet-------
-
- Aubrey McIntosh / Chemistry / University of Texas / Austin, TX 78712
- ...another Gaelic learner...
-