HPR3410: Operating Systems

Summary: While the very first computers did not have operating systems, the lack of them made computers less efficient and more difficult to use. We look at the general history of operating systems before getting into the history of DOS. Then we look at some general principles of what operating systems do. Links: http://webopedia.com/ http://webopedia.com/TERM/o/operating_system.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/0/worst-tech-predictions-of-all-time/thomas-watson-ibm-president-in-1943/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-sharing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics http://webopedia.com/TERM/C/CPU.html http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/u/user_interface.html http://dougengelbart.org/ http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/G/Graphical_User_Interface_GUI.html https://www.amazon.com/Fumbling-Future-Invented-Personal-Computer/dp/1583482660 http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html https://www.ahuka.com/dos-lessons-for-self-study-purposes/dos-lesson-1-operating-systems/