The history of computer operating systems recapitulates to a degree, the recent history of computer hardware.. Operating systems (OSes) provide a set of functions needed and used by most application-programs on a computer, and the necessary linkages for the control and sychronization of the computer's hardware. On the first computers, without an operating system, every program needed the full hardware specification to run correctly and perform standard tasks, and its own drivers for peripheral devices like printers and card-readers. The growing complexity of hardware and application-programs eventually made operating systems a necessity.
I did some research and this is the result I came up with (by research I do not mean a simple search on safari. I have quite the collection of history books!). The Sepik people were located around the pacific and made lots of art, but mostly pottery. I hope this helped :)
