Updated: 2003-05-04 01:19
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DAT2343 Weekly Schedule
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Topics |
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| Week 1
May 9-11 |
Course Introduction Components of Computer Systems Von Neumann Model - Stored Program Concept Logic Gates and Circuits; Selectors; Opcode decoding |
| Week 2
May 16-18 |
Circuits made of Logic Gates Bits and number of different patterns possible Binary Encodings Bit Operations: AND, OR, XOR, complement, rotate |
| Week 3
May 23-25 |
Unsigned Binary Arithmetic; Zero & Carry Flags 2's Complement Arithmetic; Sign & Overflow Flags Hexadecimal Notation; Conversions to/from other bases Sign/Magnitude & Excess-127 notation IEEE Floating Point Format; Normalization ASCII & EBCDIC Character Sets; punch card history |
| Week 4
May 30 |
Review of Arithmetic, Float, Hexadecimal ASCII File Format; Line End characters EBCDIC File Format; Record Length, Padding Zoned Decimal & Packed Decimal Numeric Formats Introduction to MS-DOS DEBUG for decoding files Assign Project 1 - Decoding Numeric Formats Introduction to Little Man Computer (LMC): Memory, Registers, Instruction Cycle |
| Week 5
June 6-8 |
LMC: Instruction Set; Input/Output; Branching; Condition codes Machine language programming Assembly language (mnemonic) programming Representation of high-level language program statements Translating pseudo-code into assembler |
| Week 6
June 13-15 |
Project 1 due: via Web noon Tuesday June 13 LMC: Representation of control flow statements (IF, WHILE) Translation of Sample Programs LMC Simulator Assign Project 2 - LMC Programming Assignment |
| Week 7
June 20-22 |
LMC: Function/Subroutine Call & Return An LMC Boot Loader Object File requirements; Linking; Relocation Symbol Tables Link-time and Run-time libraries IBM PC DOS (1MB) Architecture Introduction |
| Week 8
June 27-29 |
Project 2 due: in class Tuesday June 27 IBM PC DOS (1MB) Architecture Segment/Offset Addressing Basic Instruction Set; Machine Level Instructions Registers; Addressing Modes; Indirection Instruction Cycle for a General Purpose Computer COM format vs. EXE format IBM PC Assemblers and Linkers Introduction to MS-DOS DEBUG for debugging programs |
| Week 9
July 4-6 |
Midterm Test - July 4 - Weeks 1-7 Course Withdrawal date: July 5 IBM PC DOS (1MB) Architecture Representation of high-level language program statements Compiler Processing (sample GCC output) Software Interrupt Vectors Common DOS Software Interrupt Services - INT 21h Assign Project 3 - IBM PC Assembler Programming |
| Week 10
July 11-13 |
To be scheduled: Make-up class for Final Exam Review IBM PC DOS (1MB) Architecture Programming: Push/Pop; Call/Return; Interrupt/IRET Sample IBM PC Assembler Programs |
| Week 11
July 18-20 |
Project 3 due: in class Tuesday July 18 Disk File Storage Logical Files Disk Media; Cylinder/Head/Sector; Platters, Comb, Heads, Arm Physical File Storage; FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 Boot Sector Directory Structures Introduction to MS-DOS DEBUG for examining disk sectors Assign Project 4 - Decode IBM PC Diskette |
| Week 12
July 25-27 |
The General Computer Model: Components, Registers, Control/Data/Address buses Peripherals Input and Output: Port I/O, DMA I/O Interrupts vs. Polled I/O Modern Computer Systems Bank Switching Virtual Memory (Paging, DAT) |
| Week 13
August 1-2 |
Project 4 due: in class Tuesday August 1 August 1: Last Class; Catch-Up and Review Final Exam - Wednesday (!) August 2 - 8:30pm
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Web Author: Ian! D. Allen idallen@idallen.ca Updated: 2003-05-04 01:19
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