Malcolm G. Lane
Abstract
The “hands-on” laboratory approach to teaching operating systems has been used at West Virginia University since August 1971 [3, 6, 8]. In 1977 a Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP-11/34 system replaced the IBM 1130 system previously used for the course. The course is now using an (DEC) LSI-11 and is much improved.
This paper focuses on the student projects which are the major part of the course. The “hands-on” laboratory course as currently being taught is discussed and compared to other techniques for teaching operating systems.
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- Teaching operating systems and machine architecture—more on the hands-on laboratory approach
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