352/704 Computer Organization, Spring 20013

What's New

• April 22nd: Example SUM2.MAR which is a program to sum up the elements in an array of numbers.
• April 22nd: Experiment 4 is available
• April 11th: Here is a quick explanation for setting up the CHMK macro to perform a system call.
• April 1st: Printed out copies of the program for EXP 1 and placed them in the bins outside my door.
  • Note: the vmac assembler does not know how to handle .mar files that contain the two character PC end of line (carriage return followed by a newline) as opposed to just the unix single character (a newline). This will show up as a ton of errors from vmac. You can see this problem by just doing a more on your document, and you will see a ^M at the end of every line.

    There is a program dos2unix which allows you to convert the PC end of line to the UNIX end of line. To use the program type the command:

    dos2unix -ascii old_filename new_filename
    For information, do a man on dos2unix.

    Make sure to back up your file before doing any conversion, so that you don't lose your work.

  • You can avoid this problem in the future by using ascii transfer mode when using ftp (this automatically converts the end of lines for you).
• March 14th: Added dates for the Experiments and Exams from schedule.
  You can find postscript copies of the overheads on Rob Duncan's Home Page
• March 5th: Course Web page at: 4003-352
• March 5th: Created page

Syllabus

Homework

NOTE there are no homeworks being assigned in this class. I will be listing in class a list of possible problems for you to do, and the answer manual has been placed on reserve in the library. In addition you can check out some problems and solutions on 4003-352 Homepage.

Experiments

Exp 1 due April 1st, (sec 02: April 2nd)

I have placed a printed copy of the program in the bins outside my door. This gives you a more clear copy of the program which should be easier to use.

Exp 2 due April 15th, (sec 02: April 16th)

Exp 3 due April 22nd, (sec 02: April 23rd)

Exp 4 due April 29th, (sec 02: April 30th)

Exp 5 due May 6th, (sec 02: May 7th)

Exp 6 due May 13th, (sec 02: May 14th)

Exams

The planned date for EXAM 1

• MW sec. 01 Mon. April 8th

• TR sec. 02 Tue. April 9th

The planned date for EXAM 2

• MW sec. 01 Mon. April 29th

• TR sec. 02 Tue. April 30th

The FINAL will be during finals week

Stay tuned for details

Links

• I have written a simple recursive program that adds up the elements of a list. The program can be found here.
• Rob Duncan's Homepage