NOTE: These web pages are
for the on-campus version of CS-511,
Fall 2000 semester.

Announcement (17 Dec 2000): Grades have been posted for the Fall 2000 semester. Y'all enjoy the winter break.

Announcement (06 Dec 2000): List of areas covered in examination questions posted

Announcement (27 Sep 2000): Revised "Assignments in Computer Organization and Architecture" posted.

Announcement (30 Aug 2000): New course syllabus posted, valid for the current semester (Fall 2000).

Grades — NOTE that the 4-digit number used to identify individual students anonymously is, in at least some instances, the last four digits NOT of the student's Social Security Number but of his/her JMU ID number instead.

Topics To Be Covered in Final Examination (MS-Word) - 06 Dec 2000

Course Syllabus (HTML) - 30 Aug 2000
Course Syllabus (MS-Word) - 30 Aug 2000

Assignments in Computer Organization: the Personal Computer (HTML) - 30 Aug 2000
Assignments in Computer Organization: the Personal Computer (MS-Word) - 30 Aug 2000

Assignments in Computer Organization and Architecture (MS-Word) - last revised 27 Sep 2000

Assignments in Linux (MS-Word) - 16 Nov 1999

Tutorial on the Representation of Numbers in Digital Computers, and on Digital Integer Arithmetic - 07 Sep 1999; revised 13 Sep 1999

Review Questions on Computer Basics - NOTE (09 Sep 1999): The original file referred to by this specification on 07 Sep 1999 was not the correct one. That error has now been fixed; the correct file is now pointed to.

Review Questions on WIntel Computer Hardware - 14 Sep 1999, revised 20 Oct 1999

Review Questions on Computer Power Supplies - 09 Sep 1999

Review Questions on Digital Number Representation - Corrected 20 Sep 2000

Review Questions on Binary Integer Arithmetic - 07 Sep 1999

Books on the "WIntel" PC Family of Computers - 15 Sep 1999

Review Questions on Linux Issues 08 Dec 1999

Building a PC - 16 Sep 1999; revised 22 Sep & 20 & 25 Oct 1999

Instructions and Guidance for Term Paper Projects - 02 Nov 1999

 Topics for Term Papers - 21 Sep 1999, revised 18 Oct 2000