Operating System Design Considerations for Microprogrammed Minicomputer Satellite Systems,

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss operating system design for small micro-programmed multi-processing systems. Involved is the development of a general purpose operating system for the support of a variety of applications on a graphics satellite attached to the Brown University S360/67. A multi-level operating system has been developed that supports an unlimited number of parallel tasks. The main interface between the levels of this system and the user is the Event Table which provides a logical extension of the hardware interrupt mechanism to higher levels of the system. A form of virtual memory support will be provided by a combination of operating system support and programming conventions that allows for the dynamic relocation of programs and data. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 04, 1973
Accession Number
AD0760303

Entities

People

  • George Stabler
  • John Stockenberg
  • Paul Anagnostopoulos
  • Robert Munck
  • Roy Johnson

Organizations

  • Brown University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Graphics
  • Midrange Computers
  • Operating Systems
  • Relocation
  • Universities

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites