Shared Memory among Unix Processes

[Don Libes]

>         Does anyone know of  techniques  for  sharing  memory  among
>         processes on 4.2bsd?  Has anyone implemented a simulation of
>         a shared memory, multitasking environment?

I wrote a system to simulate shared variables on 4.2.  It works by having
a separate process as a common memory server.  For more info, see the
Portland Usenix Proceedings.

If you want it, send me your USMail address and I'll send you a tape.

Don Libes      {seismo,umcp-cs}!nbs-amrf!libes