OPERATING SYSTEM HISTORY

[Auslander et al 1981]
Describes the evolution of OS/360 through MVS.
[Barron et al 1972]
The Evolution of Job Control Languages.
[Bashe et al 1986]
A thorough study of the evolution of IBM's early computers.
[Belady et al 1981]
A history of memory management technology at IBM.
[Bell et al 1978]
Evolution of operating systems for the PDP-10.
[Borgerson et al 1978]
The evolution of the Univac 1100 series.
[Buzen & Gagliardi 1973]
A Survey of the evolution of Virtual Machine Architecture.
[Creasy 1981]
Describes the origins and evolution of VM/370.
[Fosdick 1979]
A historical survey of high-level language use in writing operating systems.
[Goldberg 1974]
A historical survey of virtual machine research.
[Harrison et al 1981]
Describes the evolution of small real-time computers at IBM.
[Koudela 1973]
A historical survay of minicomputers from 1955 to 1973.
[Rosen 1967]
Includes a historical survey of computers, languages and operating systems through 1965.
[Rosen 1969]
A historical survey of computers through the late 1960s, which includes some good material on operating systems.
[Rosen 1972]
Updates the earlier survey through the early 1970s.
[Rosin 1969]
A historical survey of operating systems through the late 1960s.
[Shell et al 1959]
A series of papers on one of the first operating systems, the SHARE SOS for the IBM 709.
[Steel 1964]
An early review of operating systems from the birth of the idea in a hotel room at the 1953 EJCC.
[Weizer 1981]
A survey of the early history of large-scale general purpose operating systems.