Mmurtl V1.0 [Paperback]

Richard A. Burgess (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000

Originally titled Developing Your Own 32 Bit Operating System this book shows you how one man built a complete, 32 bit operating system for the Intel processors from scratch, running on processors from the 80386, all the way up to the Pentium III.

If you want to know what it takes to build an operating system, or you want to build your own, you will need this book! It is indespensible, It covers all of the major components that make up a modern micro-kernel operating system. It includes a CD-ROM containing all the heavily commented code. (Intel 32 bit Assembler and C) to show you how one was built (from concept to debugger). (For Intermediate to Advanced Programming Level)

Editorial Reviews

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. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of 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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 586 pages
• Publisher: Ip Data Corp (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1588530000
• ISBN-13: 978-1588530004
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #978,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and theoretical, easily understood, excellent book, June 24, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom (Paperback)

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 :->?

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is available ONLINE..., April 28, 2000

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Deven T. Corzine (Cincinnati, Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom (Paperback)

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"....

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of reviewers missing the point, August 19, 2006

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M. Pittelko "If its esoteric, probably intere... (Twin Cities, MN, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System/Book and Cd-Rom (Paperback)

The thing most of the reviews seem to be missing is that this was written in 1995 (when Linux didn't even -function-) and OSS was in reality, barely off the ground. Most reviews carp about how this os/book is a "no show" - that's not really the point. It shows all of the bits necessary to write an OS from scratch.

Apparently, few of the readers have actually worked in industry.