Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom - Softcover

Burgess, Richard A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0672306557 ISBN 13: 9780672306556

Publisher: Sams, 1995

Synopsis

This helpful guide is designed to build upon an intermediate programmer's knowledge and explain how to design and develop a feature rich, full operating system. Among the topics discussed are tasking models, memory management, hardware interfaces, systems programming, and much more.

About this title

About the Author

Richard A. Burgess is a retired U.S. Coast Guard commissioned officer. His first 10 years in the Coast Guard were in electronics technology and maintenance. His last 10 years of service were all computer-science related; he was the primary software design engineer for the Coast Guard's Commuinication Station Control System, and he headed the Coast Guard's Software Development Standards Team. He taught computer electronics technology at the Computer Learning Center of Washington, D.C., for two years, and he consulted in and around Washington under the guise of the D-Group. He is now the General Manager of Optipat, Inc. and Faxpat, Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, high-technology, patent-trademark and copyright imaging firms. He would rather be on a beach somewhere in Florida and is working to that end.

Review

This tutorial is designed to build upon an intermediate programmer's knowledge and explain how to design and develop a feature-rich, full operating system. "CD-ROM includes source code, a full 32-bit assembler, and a 32-bit C compiler. Explains the details of all 32-bit operating systems and allows users to actually develop their own customized system. Discusses OS initializations, programming interfaces, k". Covers IBM & Compatibles. -- Sams Pub.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672306557
• ISBN 13: 9780672306556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 800