| Abstract: | A distributed version of the UNIX operations system is currently under development through a joint effort of New Mexico State University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A microprocessor version of the UNIX kernel has been developed which will run on any PDP-11 or LSI-11 based processing element and allows processes to run in a UNIX ‘look-alike’ environment. Each process is fully transportable among all processors in the system. Although the preliminary version of the system was built in a star configuration, the system is currently being upgraded by the addition of a communication ring with 8-bit microprocessors as ring interface units. The current paper describes the software structure, the hardware structure and the communication protocol of the system. |
