Classic Operating Systems

The Evolution of Operating Systems.- I Open Shop.- 1 The IBM 701 Computer at the General Motors Research Laboratories.- II Batch Processing.- 2 The BKS System for the Philco-2000.- III Multiprogramming.- 3 The Atlas Supervisor.- 4 Operating System for the B5000.- 5 Description of a High Capacity, Fast Turnaround University Computing Center.- 6 The Egdon System for the KDF9.- IV Timesharing.- 7 An Experimental Time-Sharing System.- 8 A General-Purpose File System for Secondary Storage.- 9 File Integrity in a Disc-Based Multi-Access System.- 10 The Unix Time-Sharing System.- V Concurrent Programming.- 11 The Structure of the THE Multiprogramming System.- 12 RC 4000 Software: Multiprogramming System.- 13 The Design of the Venus Operating System.- 14 A Large Semaphore Based Operating System.- 15 The Solo Operating System: A Concurrent Pascal Program.- 16 The Solo Operating System: Processes, Monitors and Classes.- VI Personal Computing.- 17 OS6—An Experimental Operating System for a Small Computer: Input/Output and Filing System.- 18 An Open Operating System for a Single-User Machine.- 19 Pilot: An Operating System for a Personal Computer.- 20 The Star User Interface: An Overview.- VII Distributed Systems.- 21 WFS: A Simple Shared File System for a Distributed Environment.- 22 The Design of a Reliable Remote Procedure Call Mechanism.- 23 The Newcastle Connection or Unixes of the World Unite!.- 24 Experiences with the Amoeba Distributed Operating System.