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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 ...

Perhaps more so in other activities because the developers have got great tools to implement multi-tasking. They are called operating systems!

Apple has just unveiled iPadOS 26 (yes, you read that right) at the WWDC opening keynote. The update not only brings a brand-new interface for the iPad’s operating system, but it also improves ...

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 ...