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ITSC 1305 - Introduction to PC Operating Systems

Required Text:

• Guide to Parallel Operating Systems
  with Windows© XP and Linux
  Authors: R. Carswell, H. Webb, T. Freese
  Publisher: Course Technology Incorporated, 2006
  ISBN: 1-4188-3725-3
  ISBN13: 978-1-4188-3725-9

Course Schedule

Syllabus

Course Information Page

Welcome!

Required Computer Resources:

• Access to a computer with both Windows XP and Linux operating systems
• Internet access
• Email account

Exercises:

• Exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
• Exercise 6
• Exercise 7
• Exercise 8
• Exercise 9

Assignments:

• Instructions for submitting assignments
• Lab 1

Reference:

• Course Technology Website
• Windows XP home
• Redhat Linux Website
• Knoppix Website
• The Linux Documentation Project
  • A Linux Tutorial
  • Bash Guide for Beginners
  • BASH Programming - Introduction HOW-TO
  • Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
• Other Linux scripting guides and tutorials:
  • Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial - A Beginner's handbook
  • About Shells
  • Beginners Bash Tutorial
  • Advancing in the Bash Shell tutorial
  • Linux Know-How
• Rute User's Guide to Linux
• Linux beginner’s guide on the Law Enforcement and Forensic Examiner’s website
• NukeSoft MS-Dos Reference
• Another Dos Reference
• Dos batch file references:
  • Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages
  • Batfiles: The DOS batch file programming handbook & tutorial
  • Terry Newton's Batch Programming Stuff
  • William and Linda Allen's Windows 95/98/ME ERRORLEVELs documentation (small ZIP file)
• How Operating Systems Work (www.howstuffworks.com)
• TechWeb Encyclopedia
• OS Info on Yahoo!
• A Tutorial on Character Codes
• ASCII chart
• Another ASCII chart
• Helpful number-conversion charts
• Conversion calculator (requires JavaScript)
• CIDR conversion chart
• Google's Batch Programming Resources
• How Computer Memory Works