CST 126 - Lab 1

(Chapters 1: Historical Background)

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This subject of this class is the UNIX/Linux operating system. The purpose of this lab is to introduce you to UNIX/Linux and some of the other less understood operating systems that, in some cases, are still in use.

  1. Search www.google.com or some other search engine for the RSTS operating system.
  2. What does RSTS stand for?
  1. When was the RSTS operating system written?
  1. How old is RSTS?
  1. Use www.google.com and search for the following operating systems: UNIX, LINUX, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, and MacOS. Write down the names of the three most popular operating systems on the Web. Write down the number of hits found for each by www.google.com. What is the combined total for all Windows operating systems?
  1. What is the name of world’s first time-sharing operating system? Do a search.
  1. The following are the names of some operating systems? What do these (acronyms) stand for? Write the name beside the acronym.

BOS

BOSS

DOS

JOSS

MOS

POS

TSOS

  1. Try to find the name of world’s first operating system, its date of birth, and its birthplace.
  1. The following questions are about UNIX. Hint: Webpages at the following URLs will be of great help.

http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/history_timeline.html

http://www.computerhope.com/history/unix.htm

http://users.dimi.uniud.it/~marino.miculan/Didattica/unix-history.html

http://www.netneurotic.de/mac/unix/timeline.html

http://www.bell-labs.com/history/unix/

  1. When did the first version of UNIX come out and what was its name?
  1. Who were the authors of UNIX?
  1. Where (what organization) was UNIX designed and written?
  1. When (year) was UNIX rewritten in C?
  1. When did BSD UNIX come out?
  1. When did FreeBSD come out?
  1. Who said this and when: "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..."
  1. When was TCP/IP implemented in the UNIX kernel and in which UNIX flavor?
  1. Who created the B language and when?
  1. Who created the C language and when?