CS1101: Systems Organisation Academic Year 2006-2007 Lecturer: Dr. Barry O'Sullivan Department of Computer Science University College Cork [  Click here for a map to my office ] b.osullivan@cs.ucc.ie

Contents: [ Announcements ] [ Timetable ] [ Lecture Notes ] [ Recommended Reading ] [ Laboratory Sheets ] [ Assignments ] [ Useful Software ] [ Resources ] [ Exam Papers ]

Introduction This page provides a resource for students taking CS1101. This course focuses on introducing students to the field of computer systems. The course focuses on both software and hardware aspects. At the end of this course students should have attained a high level of competence in the use of a number of computing environments, operating systems and software tools, as well as an appreciation for computer organisation and hardware. I have provided an announcement list for posting any relevant pieces of information which may crop-up. I have provided a list of the core recommended reading for the course. Any assignments you will be expected to complete will be archived here. All the necessary laboratory documentation you will need and some recommended reference documentation that you may need is also provided. For information purposes I have also created a list of links to other sites which are either relevant to the course or that you may find of interest. If you have any comments or questions please don't hesitate to e-mail me. [ Back to Top ] Announcements [September 28th, 2006]: The laboratory groups are now available here. [ Back to Top ] Timetable This year's lab groups and schedule will be available here. Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 9-10             10-11   Lecture WW6 Lab B10B     11-12 Lab B10B         12-1 Lab B10B   Lab B10B     1-2 Lab B10B   LectureG18 Lab B10B   2-3           3-4           4-5           5-6           [ Back to Top ] Lecture Notes I have moved the lecture notes section to a separate page. The notes for each lecture are archived in PDF format. Use Acrobat Reader to view these files. [ Back to Top ] Recommended Reading Introduction to Computers Computer Confluence by George Beekman; Computers by Larry Long, Nancy Long. Unix There is in excess of two dozen titles in the UCC library on UNIX. Many of these titles have introductory chapters on UNIX which would be worth reading. However, the following are of particular relevance. UNIX for dummies by John R. Levine and Margaret Levine Young; The UNIX programming environment by Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike. The UNIX system by S.R. Bourne; The UNIX system V environment by Stephen R. Bourne Computer Organisation -- (Tanenbaum is the recommendation for purchase) Structured Computer Organization (Fifth Edition) by Andrew S. Tanenbaum; Prentice Hall International ISBN: 0-13-148521-0, 2006. There are a number of older editions of this book in the UCC Library. The illustrations from the book are available here: [ PDF (0.8mb) ] [ Postscript (4.7mb) ] [ Encapsulated Postscript (4.8mb) ] What Every Computer Scientist Should Know About Floating-Point Arithmetic David Goldberg, ACM Computing Surveys, pp. 5-48, vol. 23#1, 1991 (ACM Copyright Notice) [ Back to Top ] Laboratories Laboratory Sheet 1: A vi Tutorial; Laboratory Sheet 2: A UNIX Tutorial; Laboratory Sheet 3(a): A chmod Tutorial; Laboratory Sheet 3(b): Wrapping-up UNIX Basics; Laboratory Sheet 4(a): An Introduction to Shell Scripting; Laboratory Sheet 4(b): More Introductory Shell Scripting; Laboratory Sheet 5: Shell Scripts: Control Structures; Laboratory Sheet 6(a): Shell Scripts: The while Loop; Laboratory Sheet 6(b): Shell Scripts: A Useful Script; Laboratory Sheet 7(a): Logic Design with tkGate; Laboratory Sheet 7(b): Logic Design: Circuit Equivalence; Laboratory Sheet 8(a): Logic Design: Circuit Equivalence II; Laboratory Sheet 8(b): Logic Design: Circuit Equivalence III; Laboratory Sheet 9: Logic Design: 7-Segment Display; Laboratory Sheet 10: Logic Design: Adder Circuits; Laboratory Sheet 11(a): Logic Design: Multiplexers; Laboratory Sheet 11(b): Logic Design: Demultiplexers; Laboratory Sheet 12(a): Decimal-Binary Connversion Laboratory Sheet 12(b): Negative Binary Numbers [ Back to Top ] Assignments These will be available form here in due course. [ Back to Top ] Useful Software Core CS1101 Applications TKGate is a event driven digital circuit simulator with a tcl/tk-based graphical editor. This tool can only be used on unix. Any digital logic tool will be sufficient for the course. Ask me if in doubt. mic1 is a Java-based simulator which implements the Mic-1 microarchitecture described in Chapter 4 of Andrew S. Tanenbaum's Structured Computer Organization. Related Software (bash, elvis, java, ghostview) These tools will also be useful for other first year CK401 courses. Cygwin is a UNIX-like environment for Windows 95, 98 and NT. This is a perfect tool if you want to be able to run a bash shell under Windows without installing Linux. A number of students have been asking me about viewing postscript files on their computers. I would recommend using Ghostscript. For viewing PDF you should use Acrobat Reader. The elvis editor can be downloaded if you would like a copy; For Java compilers, see JavaSoft. Here are the IO Libraries, written by Dr. Joseph Manning, that you need for CS1100: Get.java Put.java [ Back to Top ] Documentation and Resources Unix and Linux The Beginners Linux Guide (www.linux.ie/beginners-linux-guide/index.html) SuSE Linux (www.suse.de/en/) Irish Linux Users Group (www.linux.ie) The Cork Linux Users' Group (cork.linux.ie) The Linux Home Page at Linux Online (www.linux.org) Unix Guru Universe (www.ugu.com) The Open Group (www.unix-systems.org) GNU Project (www.gnu.org) LinuxNow (www.linuxnow.com) Linux Today (linuxtoday.com) Linux Weekly News (www.lwn.net) Slashdot (www.slashdot.org) Web-Site Design Getting Started on the Web A Guide To Getting Started on the Internet The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). HTML HTML 4.01 Specification (W3C). The Web Design Group (WDG). The Complete Webmaster's online HTML reference NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML Images and Colours Background textures - may be useful for your own pages. Enchanted Backgrounds - may be useful for your own pages. Clip art and Animations - may be useful for your own pages. Here is the Colour Chart I used in the lecture. Cascading Style Sheets The CSS1 reference by Miloslav Nic at Zvon is an index to the CSS1 spec by property name, enhanced with examples. Cascading Style Sheets, level 1 (CSS1) became a W3C Recommendation in December 1996. It describes the CSS language as well as a simple visual formatting model. CSS2, which became a W3C Recommendation in May 1998, builds on CSS1 and adds support for media-specific style sheets (e.g. printers and aural devices), downloadable fonts, element positioning and tables. A Quick Tutorial on Cascading Style Sheets from the Web Design Group A Guide to Cascading Style Sheets from the Web Design Group A Quick Tutorial on Cascading Style Sheets from the Web Design Group Computer Organisation Computer Architecture A Complete Illustrated Guide to the PC Hardware WWW Computer Architecture Page Assembly Language The Art of Assembly Language Programming PC Assembly Programming IEEE-754 Floating-Point Conversion From Decimal Floating-Point to 32-bit and 64-bit Hexadecimal Representations along with Their Binary Equivalents From 32-bit Hexadecimal Representation to Decimal Floating-Point [ Back to Top ] Examination Procedures, Marks and Standard, and Past Exam Papers Some important pointers about the examinations process at UCC: UCC's Student Records and Examinations Office. The current version of the Guide to Examinations for Academic Staff and Students is available. The 2006 edition of the University's Marks and Standards for the Science Faculty is also availble online. Past exam papers: 2001: [Summer] [Autumn] (CS1020) 2002: [Summer] [Autumn] (CS1020) 2003: [Summer] [Autumn] 2004: [Summer] [Autumn] 2005: [Summer] [Autumn] 2006: [Summer] [Autumn] [ Back to Top ]

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