Fundementals Of Operating Systems
Language: English
Published by Macmillan Press, 1982
- Softcover
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Fundamentals of Operating Systems (1982) by A.M. Lister Published by Macmillan Press ? Listed by Crappy Old Books Welcome to the golden age of beige box computing! In Fundamentals of Operating Systems , A.M. Lister distills the world of early operating systems into a dense but oddly charming relic of 1980s academia. Paging? Scheduling? Batch processing? It?s all here ? served dry, yet thorough, like a university lecture delivered on acetate slides. This dusty cornerstone of computing history is perfect for anyone nostalgic for punch cards, teletype terminals, and the joy of swapping out floppy disks mid-boot. Whether you?re a retro-tech enthusiast, a collector of esoteric textbooks, or just someone looking for the foundational knowledge that powered your dad?s mainframe, this book delivers. eventually. Brought to you with minimal irony by Crappy Old Books ? because some knowledge never dies, it just gets rebooted in 12pt Courier. Has a slight warp but that should flatten out if left under a pile of other books and not at an angle in a box with stuff on it.…
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- Title
- Fundementals Of Operating Systems
- Author
- AM Lister
- Publisher
- Macmillan Press
- Publication year
- 1982
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0333272870
- ISBN 13
- 9780333272879
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Date of Publication: 1979
Binding: soft back
Edition:
Condition: Good +
Description: 0333272870
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