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This chapter describes TOS, the Operating System of the TOMP prototype. First it outlines the motivations, the general structure, the interprocess communication model and primitive operations. Then it describes in more detail the functions of the ROM resident kernel, the peripheral handling strategy and it presents the architecture of the debugging environment. Finally a critical review of the software project is given.
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Gregoretti, F. (1985). TOMP Software. In: Conte, G., Del Corso, D. (eds) Multi-Microprocessor Systems for Real-Time Applications. International Series on Microprocessor-Based Systems Engineering, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5408-3_3
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