General concepts

Here are some links on general concepts and information about OSs.

Notes and Samples

Chapter 1. Computer system overview Chapter 2. Operating system overview

More about the hardware side..

IDE/ATA Transfer Modes and Protocal - read this to learn more about programmed I/O and DMA in PC PC Guide's pages about: Interrupt, PCI bus and Bus mastering, SCSI vs. IDE Bus Mastering for DAWs To better understand the speed difference between RAM and CPU in today PC platform, read Ace's Guide on Memory Technology Part I, Part II and the Secrets of High Performance CPU Part 1 to Part 5.

More on the (system) software side..

Inside NT's interrupt handling (Nov 1997) Inside NT's I/O Completion Port (Jul 1998) Inside the Blue Screen (Dec 1997) Windows NT Architecture (Mar 1998) Inside the Windows 2000 Kernel (Winter 1999)

Web pages about OS, in general

Text book homepage maintained by the author CIS307 - Intro to Operating Systems A list of University Operating Systems courses Some web directory: (Yahoo on OS), (DMoz on OS)