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Article #984More OS References (was Re: What is an OS?)
From: fstop
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1987 01:43
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1987 01:43
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In <4206@brl-adm.ARPA>, RCONN@simtel20.arpa (Rick Conn) writes:
> I've received some requests for the OS references I mentioned in an earlier,
> message, so here's the data:
>
> Internals:
> 1. Bach, "The Design of the UNIX Operating Systems," 1986 (Bell Labs),
> Prentice-Hall, 470pp, about $30. Outstanding text on the internals of UNIX.
> 2. Comer, "Operating System Design: The XINU Approach," 1984 (Bell
> Labs), Prentice-Hall, 470pp, about $25. This is another good book;
> many algorithms written in C.
Another good text on OS internals is:
Kenah & Bates, "VAX/VMS Internals and Data Structures", Digital Press,
816pp, about $55. Provides an excellent description of the internal
workings and data structures used by the VAX/VMS operating system.
Also useful for those using 4.x bsd on VAXen as it must emulate many
of the parts of VMS in order to run on the VAX hardware.
NOTE that the current edition was written for version 3.x of VMS.
It is not yet known when the VMS 4.x version of the book will be
available. However, the text is still correct in all areas except
for some minor changes in the basics of VMS, but contains nothing
as far as the new security features, volume shadowing, and VAX
8xxx series machines is concerned. Even so, it is still a terrific
book.
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