parker@vienna.njit.edu (Bruce Parker) (03/19/91)
What are other schools using as an operating system project? The level of difficulty should presume a knowledge of Silberschatz, Peterson, and Galvin or the equivalent. We have been using both Kifer and Smolka's OSP and Comer's Xinu. I am not really satisfied with either, since the student misses out on many other interesting issues. In particular they include nothing about virtual memory or signals. It would also be nice if the system ran on a PC. Cheers, Bruce Parker 4314 Infotech (201) 596-3369 Computer and Information Science Department parker@vienna.njit.edu New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102 USA -- Bruce Parker 4314 Infotech (201) 596-3369 Computer and Information Science Department parker@vienna.njit.edu New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102 USA
parker@homer.njit.edu (Bruce Parker) (03/20/91)
On Mar 19, 1:27pm, kifer@sbcs.sunysb.edu wrote: } } >> Message-ID: <2657@njitgw.njit.edu> } } >> We have been using both Kifer and Smolka's OSP and Comer's Xinu. I am } >> not really satisfied with either, since the student misses out on many } >> other interesting issues. In particular they include nothing about } >> virtual memory or signals. } } I would like to point out that your message is inaccurate, to say the least. } OSP does have virtual memory and does include signals (although signals are } not like in UNIX, but rather as in IBM mainframe). } I would appreciate if you clarify your statement. } } thanx } michael Which is what I deserve for writing the original posting in a hurry. I had in mind a comparison with Xinu and Minix, not OSP, though in my ignorance, I now may be insulting both Comer and Tanenbaum as well. Anyway, I was only fishing for alternatives. I'm sorry for the misstatements. Cheers, -- Bruce Parker 4314 Infotech (201) 596-3369 Computer and Information Science Department parker@vienna.njit.edu New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey 07102 USA