ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (11/17/89)
In article <2326@draken.nada.kth.se> ianf@nada.kth.se (Ian Feldman) writes: > > My interest in Minix awakened following the announcement of the existence > of a MacMinix. It would be intersting to hear Andy Tanenbaum tell a little I will leave this to Joe Pickert, since he did the port. To avoid having the mailer complain about too much included text, here are the answers to the homework assignment #2. 1. La prevenzione delle situazioni di stallo - deadlock prevention 2. L'hardware degli orologi - clock hardware 3. File condivisi - shared files 4. Canali coperti - covert channels 5. I-nodi - I-nodes. 6. Directory e cammini - directory and paths 7. Lo swapping - swapping 8. Gestione della memoria con mappa di bit - memory management with bit maps 9. Politiche di allocazione locale anziche globale - local and global alloc policies 10. Interfaccia a livelli - interface level line #4 is quite famous of course. When the Italian astronomer Schaparelli (sp?)discovered markings on Mars, he called them "canali" which means channels inItalian. It does not connote "artificial or man-made." When that got mistranslated into English as "canals" the Sci Fri writers went ape and beganwriting about little green men. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)