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Xinu/WU: an improved PC-Xinu clone?

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SIGCSE '89: Proceedings of the twentieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/65293.71218

Published: 01 February 1989 Publication History

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In teaching an undergraduate course in Operating Systems, it is instructive if the students have an actual operating system they can study and modify. Care should be taken, however, in selecting a system that the students can realistically be expected to understand. Xinu/WU retains the advantages of its parent PC-Xinu [Fossum 1987]; a small yet relatively complete operating system for the IBM PC, supplied with full source code and able to run within its development environment. Xinu/WU incorporates three particular enhancements: an improved implementation, integration into Borland International's Turbo C™ run-time environment, and more effective use of the windowing system. The conclusion is that Xinu/WU increases the possibility of using such a system in an undergraduate Operating Systems course. Two ways in which it can be utilized are presented.

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Xinu/WU: an improved PC-Xinu clone?
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems

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SIGCSE '89: Proceedings of the twentieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

February 1989

309 pages

ISBN:0897912985

DOI:10.1145/65293

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Robert A. Barrett
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