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

By Richard A. Burgess

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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672306557
• ISBN13: 9780672306556
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Where to purchase this book (and PDF) online...

This book (under the name "MMURTL V1.0") can be found on Sensory Publishing's website:http://www.sensorypublishing.com/mmurtl.htmlYou can purchase a PDF of the book (and the source of the OS itself), or pay extra for a printed copy in addition to the PDF. (My original review was truncated before the URL for some reason.)

A "Walkthrough" for OS Development...Cool!

This book (er, CD) is wonderful. I corrected myself because itonly seems to be available for order in CD format (acrobat *.PDF)online at Richard Burgess takes you step by step through his efforts to develop a working OS (called MMURTL). The approach is unique for an OS text. He packs more than just theory and concepts into this book. He also shows you how to put them into practice. I'm only about halfway through the book. I bought the electronic version about two weeks ago and cannot put it down (or turn it off in the case with the CD). If you want to see a different approach to OS development and you are not afraid of C code or Assembly language, then give this book a read. You won't be disappointed. Oh, one more thing, the electronic version of this book is half the price of the original SAMs edition and worth every penny.

This book is available ONLINE...

Looking over the other comments, this book appears to be muchin demand. I'm glad I bought a copy years ago when it first came out,even though I haven't gotten around to reading it until now. I've been interested in writing an OS for years, and I knew I'd want the information in this book sooner or later, so I bought it for my library. Good thing, since it's now out of print. (And no, you can't buy it from me. I need it too!)When I did a Google search for "MMURTL" (the name of the OS described in the book), I discovered that Sensory Publishing is offering this book online, under the name "MMURTL-V1.0"....

Great Book

This book is awesome! It teaches the reader to make a great 32-bit OS and it does it extremely effectively. I recommend it to ANY programmer with interest in OS development. Every interesting OS topic is discussed and viewed in clarity.

Practical and theoretical, easily understood, excellent book

This book provides someone with whose skilled in C and assembly with enough knowledge to build a full fledged real-time operating system. Although it can be used as a practical text, all example source code is for the Intel 80386+ processers. The book allows you to do just what the title says it does, and in a wonderfully easy to understand way. Although if you really are going to set out and do it, it is suggested that you have a refrence to the platform you are using near you. Also contains the occasional bit of humour. Ironically enough, the "sample" operating system provided in the book technologically far outstrips a certain commercial OS.... worried Bill :->?