Deep Dive: The Evolution of Operating Systems

From punch cards and blinking lights to Unix, C, and the portable, modular OSes that power today’s machines, this episode traces the arc of operating systems. We’ll explore mainframes (OS/360, MCP, SCOPE, MACE), early multitasking via job queues, virtual memory, the birth of Unix and its philosophy, and the microcomputer revolution that brought OSes to homes and small businesses.

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