Unix

Individual Assignment one

Total Marks: 20 (15% of total marks of this unit).

Due date: Week 7 (Thursday (05/01/2012) by 3.00 PM)

Criteria for assessment:

➢ Submission of report ✓ Not more than 5 pages. ✓ Report will have page border and double space between lines. ✓ Font will be Arial with font size 12. Report must have a cover page (other than MIT automated one). ➢ 5 minutes presentation in Lab which will cover all five pages ✓ Only 5 bullets and one picture or diagram in one page ✓ Should only contain materials from report.

Marks Distribution:

➢ Report format, correct English grammar, Referencing style(APA) (3 points) ➢ Content’s

✓ quality(4points),

✓ technical value(4 points) and

✓ degree of relevance(4points)

➢ Presentation

✓ Quality(2 points)

✓ Presentation style and degree of relevance(3 points)

Overview:

Discuss in detail several critical elements in the architecture of a historically important computer system. Historically important systems include:

1. AmigaOS 2. BeOS 3. GNU/Linux 4. Mac OS 5. MVS 6. Netware 7. OS/2 8. OS/360 9. QNX 10. TOS 11. TRIPOS 12. UNIX 13. OpenVMS

Choose one computer system listed above and write a report in your own words

which will include:- • Short overview of the system. o Short overview of history and its involvement to improve proficiency of our everyday works. o Technical details in the basis of a. Hardware compatibility. b. Kernel version and its importance. c. Use of any kind of Shell. d. Applications boundaries and compatibility issues.

Due Date: Week 7 (Thursday (05/01/2012) by 3.00 PM)

Assignments must be submitted