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Technical research workshop
– You will be allocated a technical topic to research.
– There are a number of questions following that should answer in at least
one paragraph.
– Your responses to questions should be one to two pages.
– You should have an introductory paragraph.
– Quotes from source material should be not more than two lines.
– Any plagiarism will result in a mark of zero, recorded in FLO as “F”.
– A separate bibliography should be in an appendix in IEEE or Harvard format.
– Any relevant diagrams, tables or graphs should cited and included be in a
separate appendix.
– Include in your submission as separate files the academic papers you
referenced in your research.
** Q1
Topic summary
** Q2
Who were the Authors/Researchers/Vendors/Institutes involved ?
Describe the time period when the technology was created.
** Q3a
If hardware only, is there support on modern operating systems such as;
– Linux
– BSD family of operating systems; NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, etc
– FreeDOS
Document the kernel modules that used and how they are called.
Document the application programs to configure or use the technology.
If no support on the above, document the systems that were supported.
** Q3b
If software only, document any supported operating system or application
software and if there is support on modern operating systems such as;
– Linux
– BSD family of operating systems; NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, etc
– FreeDOS
Document the kernel modules that used and how they are called.
Document the application programs to configure or use the technology.
If no support on the above, document the systems that were supported.
** Q4
Describe the typical use for the technology and the major system that
were in use before and/or the technology that replaced it.
** Q5
Describe how and why this technology changed the Computing IT or
other relevant industries.

Attachments:

wrksh-4.txt