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- From: sjm@miles.com (Scott Mark)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: OS writing
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.145757.1666@miles.com>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 14:57:57 GMT
- References: <yqoBPB2w164w@jksclub.scol.pa.us> <11AUG199214424286@sscvx1.ssc.gov> <1992Aug12.134956@cs.utwente.nl>
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- >|> In article <yqoBPB2w164w@jksclub.scol.pa.us>, jks@jksclub.scol.pa.us (Jeremy K Summe writes...
- >|> >I am interested in learning more about how OS's are created. Would
- >|> >anyon know of a good book or reference for me?
-
- The best book I've read for getting practical experience on operating system
- design and implementation is Operating System Design: the XINU approach, by
- Douglas Comer.
-
- The book is available in several flavors, including the original book for
- the relatively obscure LSI/11, and versions for the PC and for the Mac.
-
- For extensions, there is a book Internetworking with XINU that has much
- information on ethernets and IP. Dr. Comer has also written books on
- TCP/IP that work well with XINU.
-
-
- I get the impression that Minix is more well-known than XINU, but XINU
- is a very viable alternative- at least take a look at it.
-
- (The books are published by Prentice Hall, and I think that source code
- for at least some versions are available from Purdue. Check out the
- newsgroup comp.os.xinu for more info.)
-
- Scott Mark
- sjm@miles.com
-