Developing your own 32-bit operating system
by Richard A. Burgess · first published 1995
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Tthe step-by-step development of MMURTL, a 32-bit, message-based, multitasking, real-time operating system.
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There is an old(er) book called "Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System" that does a good job (assuming you're targeting the x86 platform) of laying the foundation and explaining the typical layers of code you'll need to write to build an O/S from scratch (as opposed to just…
on “Steps for writing an operating system” ↗…or Linux, you just want to get something up and running. I'm sure bugs and crashes will be prevalent, but I'm sure it would be a great project. A really, really good book for this that I've read is "Developing Your Own 32-Bit Operating System" by Richard Burgess. It starts you from the beginning, and walks you through all the steps in writing a really basic OS. It's old and out of print, but it's definitely the best one I've seen. Edit:…
on “I’m writing my own OS” ↗Tangentially, does anyone remember “Developing Your Own 32-bit Operating System” (1995) by Richard Burgess ? I was absolutely fascinated by this back in the day. Misplaced some of my computer books (Design Patterns, this, a few others) on my travels so don't have it to hand any…
on “Writing a simple operating system from scratch (2010) [pdf]” ↗Related: Source Code For MMURTL: https://github.com/bproctor/MMURTL Keywords: Richard A. Burgess "Developing your own 32-bit operating system" Buy either of his two books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0672306557 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1588530000 I remember this as a great book on OS'es, back in the day...
on “Developing Your Own 32 Bit Operating System (a.k.a. MMURTL)” ↗