In the Beginning was the Command Line

Approximately twenty years ago, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the founders of Apple, conceived the unusual notion of marketing information processing devices for domestic use. The venture proved to be a resounding success, and its founders amassed considerable wealth while receiving the accolades and recognition they deserved for their audacious vision and entrepreneurial spirit. However,Continue reading “In the Beginning was the Command Line”

Writing a device driver for Unix V6

In this post we will learn the useful skill of writing a device driver for Unix V6 (released in 1975) and run it on an emulator. The implemented device is fairly trivial: it will open a message box on the host OS. The goal is that we can execute the following command:echo “Hello world” >Continue reading “Writing a device driver for Unix V6”

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