Operating systems (OS) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application-programs on a computer, and the necessary linkages for the control and sychronization of the computer's hardware. On the first computers, without an operating system, every program needed the full hardware specification to run correctly and perform standard tasks, and its own drivers for peripheral devices like printers and card-readers. The growing complexity of hardware and application-programs eventually made operating systems a necessity.
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In the Beginning was the Command Line - http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html
A history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson. |
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OldOs.org - http://www.oldos.org
A source for utilities, history, and everything you need to get your old computer up and running, either in emulation or in real life. |
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Operating Systems Through Time (8-bits) - http://www.armory.com/~spectre/tech.html
A brief history of 8-bit operating systems. |
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History of the AmigaOS GUI - http://www.gregdonner.org/workbench/
Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Amiga Workbench's history. |
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Operating Systems History - http://www.cs.gordon.edu/courses/cs322/lectures/history.html
A Brief History of Computer Operating Systems from the mid 1950s on. |
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Easysoft - http://in.geocities.com/easysoft2002/
Operating systems are defined here. All type of operating systems like windows,unix,linux,debian are defined here.open bsd as well as bsd is described here |