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Although Embedded Multitasking With Small Microcontrollers is not an exhaustive treatise on multitasking operating systems, it does a good job on the two areas it does address: state machines and ...

Big Blue assures customers it will keep selling its vintage operating system, after a notice on its Web site draws speculation that IBM was abandoning the software. IBM: OS/2 still sold here - CNET X ...

The new operating system for Apple's iPhone will allow multi-tasking, letting users run more than one program at a time, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs says.

hello, i'm searching for a good os for older x86 machines that run between 16-100mhz (386 to p100) with very small ammounts of memory (2-4MB), and small hard drives (system must be ~5-10MB full ...