An overview of the BTRON/286 specification

Author

Sakamura, Ken ; Kushiki, Yoshiaki ; Oda, Kazuhiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci., Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

1989

fDate

6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

25

Abstract

A description is given of BTRON, or Business TRON, a set of operating system specifications for workstations and personal computers that use bitmapped displays. BTRON is a 16-b version of the Japanese TRON project´s 32/64-b architecture, designed to be more affordable and fill business data and graphics needs. The primary goals set for BTRON call for the realization of easy operation through a standardized human-machine interface (HMI) and the assurance of data compatibility across different applications and machines. BTRON establishes a method for exchange data and control across applications, and it realizes a document management system in which text and graphics can be mixed freely and layouts handled with ease. It offers standard support of English, Japanese, and other languages, providing a wide variety of fonts. Basic services of the operating system nucleus that are examined are process, file, event, device, and real and virtual object management. TAD (TRON Application Databus) is also explained.<>

Keywords

operating systems (computers); 16 to 64 bit; BTRON/286 specification; Business TRON; TAD; TRON Application Databus; bitmapped displays; data compatibility; device; document management system; event; file; human-machine interface; operating system specifications; overview; personal computers; real object management; virtual object management; workstations; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Computer graphics; Control systems; Layout; Man machine systems; Microcomputers; Natural languages; Operating systems; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/40.31475

Filename

31475