Capability-Based Computer Systems

Henry M. Levy

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This book was published by Digital Press in 1984. It is still the most thorough survey and description of early capability-based and object-based hardware and software systems. The book is now out of print and the copyright belongs to the author, who makes the material available here for viewing or downloading, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (free Acrobat reader available here).

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• Contents

• Preface

• 1. Capability- and Object-Based System Concepts

• 2. Early Descriptor Architectures

• 3. Early Capability Architectures

• 4. The Plessey System 250

• 5. The Cambridge CAP Computer

• 6. The Hydra System

• 7. The StarOS System

• 8. The IBM System/38

• 9. The Intel iAPX 432

• 10. Issues in Capability-Based Architectures

• Bibliography

• Index

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levy@cs.washington.edu