Previous Weeks in the CSci 281 class

As we go through the semester, this file will contain a record of what we actually did each week (as contrasted with the schedule set out at the start of the term.

Week 1: Monday, Jan 21

Topics:

• Introduction

Reading:

• Paul, chapter 1
• Tanenbaum 1 (when available)

Schedule:

• Monday:
  • Martin Luther King Day - no classes
• Tuesday:
  • Introduction to the course
• Thursday
  • Architecture: Levels
• Friday
  • Assembly language programming
  • An examination of a simple accumulator machine (1401), a basic load/store machine (PDP-11), and a sample stack machine

Other Notes: 

Week 2: Monday, Jan 28

Topics:

• Tools

Reading:

• Paul, chapter 2
• Tanenbaum 7

Schedule:

• Monday:
  • Intro to Unix, X-windows
  • C and C++ on Orion
• Tuesday:
  • The assembler
  • Using the gcc compiler to compile and link C programs with assembly language programs
• Thursday
  • More on the link editor
  • The m4 macro preprocessor (introduction)
  • Exercise #1
• Friday
  • The form of assembly language statements

Other Notes: 

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