Spring 2008 Semester, All Sections
© 2008 Charles Abzug
Announcements and Record of Updates:
· 15 Apr 2008, 1750 hrs: Two slide sets are now posted (hypertext link will be found below): one on the term project, and the other on errors often made by students. Also posted is the evaluation form that I use in grading your term project.
· 11 Apr 2008, 0920 hrs: List of topics for term papers is now posted (URL will be found below).
· 14 Mar 2008, 1600 hrs: Assignments are now posted through the next two weeks. Refer to the Course Map for due dates.
· 20 Feb 2008, 0245 hrs: The assignments document is now updated through Assignment 7.
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23 Jan 2008, 0245 hrs: As agreed in class, we will make up for last
Thursday’s class, which was cancelled due to the closing of the university
because of snow, on this coming Monday evening, 28 January 2008, from 1700-1815
hrs. Room is to be announced.
The assignments document has now been updated through Assignment 4. As I stated in class, I will not collect the
deliverable for Assignment 3 until Monday evening’s class.
· 11 Jan 2008, 0140 hrs: Assignments document is now posted, containing Assignments 1 and 2. Also posted is a Tutorial on the Representation of Numbers in Digital Computers, and on Digital Integer Arithmetic, and a set of review questions on Binary Integer Arithmetic. The links to all three documents appear below.
· 08 Jan 2007, 2216 hrs: Introduced two small changes into the text of the course syllabus to eliminate Inconsistencies within the text. The new text read throughout that I will drop the one lowest homework grade and the one lowest quiz grade.
· 07 Jan 2008, 2315 hrs: Posted list of Required Texts and Materials, Course Syllabus, and course Map.
Course-Related Documents:
Course Syllabus (Adobe .pdf format)
Course Map (Adobe .pdf format)
Assignments (Adobe .pdf format)
Textbooks and Required Materials (Adobe .pdf format).
Topics for Term Papers (Adobe .pdf format)
Term Project (Adobe .pdf format)
Errors Often Made by Students (Adobe .pdf format)
Tutorial on the Representation of Numbers in Digital Computers, and on Digital Integer Arithmetic (Adobe .pdf format)
Flexible Disk Organization (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Tutorial on Status Flags, and on the Emulation of Different Arithmetic Representations using Two’s-Complement Hardware (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Review Questions: Binary Integer Arithmetic (Adobe .pdf format)
Review Questions: Computer Basics (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Review Questions: Computer Power Supplies (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Review Questions: Digital Computer Internals (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Review Questions: Digital Number Representation (Adobe .pdf format)
Review Questions: Linux Issues (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Review Questions: Machine Code and Assembly Language (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Review Questions: Principles of Design and Construction of Digital Computers (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Review Questions: WIntel Computer Hardware (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Framework for Group Projects (Adobe .pdf format) – not yet posted.
Instructor Information:
Dr. Abzug's Home Page on the World Wide Web; Dr. Abzug's E-mail: mailto:AbzugCX@jmu.edu