Inside Macintosh: Operating System Utilities
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Author Description
Describes parts of the Macintosh operating system that allow management of various low-level aspects of the system. Discusses managing operating system queues, dates and times, controlling RAM parameters, manipulating the trap dispatch table, and responding to low-level system errors. Assumes familiarity with the general structure of a Macintosh application and with basic memory-management techniques. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This volume investigates the low-level architectural components of the Macintosh operating system required for advanced system management. Apple Computer, Inc. provides this technical documentation to assist developers in interfacing directly with system-level utilities. The text establishes a framework for handling hardware-software communication, memory parameters, and error-handling protocols within the classic Macintosh environment.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Management protocols for operating system queues and task scheduling
- Procedures for manipulating the trap dispatch table and system interrupts
- Methods for controlling RAM parameters and system-level memory allocation
- Technical documentation for responding to and managing low-level system errors
- Implementation guides for date and time management utilities
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts identify this as a foundational technical manual for legacy Macintosh software development. Readers frequently note the high density of the prose, which assumes a significant level of prior knowledge regarding system architecture and assembly-level programming.
Page Count:
400
Publication Date:
1994-08-10
Publisher:
Addison-Wesley
ISBN-10:
020162270X
ISBN-13:
9780201622706
Computers
Programming
Technical Reference
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