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Computing
History Links
Quizzes
& Exams
Workshops Assignments
& Projects
& Homework
Lecture Notes &
Reference
Material


Special Interest Items

 

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Interesting and useful links.
 
COMP253 Course Outline (Winter 2005) (.doc) (.pdf)
Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101 (* excellent! *) (click)
PC Tech Guide (how 'it' really works) (click)
MS-DOS Directory Commands in VAX/VMS -- setup guide (click)
UCC Book List for Numerical Topics (click)
Yanni's Style for Online Source Referencing (click)
Ted Goff's funny and "so true" industry cartoons
very funny
(click)
PBS: Triumph of the Nerds - home site (click)
Bill Gates' Home on the Web (best viewed with IE (click)
[CSOM] Matt's Mac "Switch" video [need Apple QuickTime loaded]
slow bandwidth connection, but very funny
(click)
Very Funny Tech-Support, Help Desk Anecdotes
(click)


Online DOS Tutorials and References
(Support and reference for Workshop #1)

Teckies Tutor - Basic Guide to DOS Swinburne University's DOS Intro. Part 1
Russell Hoffman's Net Guide to DOS Swinburne University's DOS Intro. Part 2
Butterwick's DOS Pages FreeDOS (because DOS just won't die!)

Computing
History Links

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Background to the equipment and topics discussed in class.
Also, cool information about "where we've been."

 
** The PC history page (old machines here) **

> Timeline of Microcomputers.
The XEROX PARC
> A brief history of Computing
Xerox PARC (Official Site)
> History of the Apple Computers
Xerox PARC History (Official)
> Smithsonian Computer History

> History of Computers
  (more links on main page)
> Another History of Personal Computing

Quizzes & Exams

 

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Dates and special instructions for quizzes and exams.
 
Quiz 1: Data Representation - done (.doc) (.pdf)
Midterm: done (.doc) (.pdf)
Quiz 2: Fractional Numeric Representation - done (.doc) (.pdf)

FINAL EXAM

Tuesday, April 26, 9AM, OM2741
open book, lectures 6-12, workshops 1-8

Workshops

 

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Tutorials & Guides for Workshops.
  (note: most workshops are designed to print landscape-wise)
Workshop 1: Dance with DOS
(see the links above for more DOS help)
(.doc) (.pdf)
Workshop 2: Look Inside (.doc) (.pdf)
Workshop 3: UNIX/Linux (.doc) (.pdf)
Workshop 4: Diagnostics and Components (.doc) (.pdf)
Workshop 5: IRQs and an Operating System (.doc) (.pdf)
Workshop 6: Multiple Operating Systems (.doc) (.pdf)
Workshop 7: Components (.doc) (.pdf)
Workshop 8: Imaging and Intro. to Networking (.doc) (.pdf)
Workshop 9: Final Workshop (.doc) (.pdf)

Assignments &
Projects &
Homework

 

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Assignments and research projects.
 
Take Home Review: Numeric Representation (.doc) (.pdf)
Take Home Review: Numeric Representation - Solutions (.doc) (.pdf)
Take Home Review: Numeric Representation (integers) (.doc) (.pdf)
Style for Online Source Referencing (click)
Research Report #1 -- Classic PCs
- (see sections above for Classic PCs web site links)
(.doc) (.pdf)
Research Report #2 -- The "Perfect System" (.doc) (.pdf)

Lecture Notes &
Reference Materials

 

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Support material for lectures and course references.
 
1: "Day One" Introduction to Course no posting
DOS Discussion (.doc) (.pdf)
2: Introduction to Number Systems
(.doc) (.pdf)
Numeric Series Chart (dec,bin,hex,oct)
(click)
3: Coding Schemes (Symbols and Characters)
(.doc) (.pdf)
4: Binary Math (and Negation) (.doc) (.pdf)
5: Word Sizes and Ranges
(.doc) (.pdf)
6: Fixed-Point
(.doc) (.pdf)
7: Floating-Point
(.doc) (.pdf)
8: Aspects of the CPU (.doc) (.pdf)
9: Logic Circuit Expressions - skipped!
(.doc) (.pdf)
9: Solution for Homework Problem C (.doc) (.pdf)
10: Quantities, Terms, Input & Output [Devices] (.doc) (.pdf)
Notes from C100 - Input/Output: Part 1 (.pdf)
Notes from C100 - Input/Output: Part 2 (.pdf)
11: Peripheral Buses (.doc) (.pdf)
12: Categories of Storage (.doc) (.pdf)
Notes from C100 - Storage Devices: Part 1 (.pdf)
Notes from C100 - Storage Devices: Part 2 (.pdf)
13: Role of the Operating Systems (.doc) (.pdf)
Notes from C100 - Systems Software: Part 1 (.pdf)
Notes from C100 - Systems Software: Part 2 (.pdf)
14: Performance Aspects
ignore page numbers on lecture; they are for the previous edition
(.doc) (.pdf)
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Yanni  :)