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Just as you are turning in last week's homework, I've posted a new one. You can download a PDF copy of the cache homework that was handed out in class today from this URL:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/hmwk2150/Cache_HW_f08.pdf
You can download a PDF copy of the homework that was handed out in class today from this URL:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/hmwk2150/Chip_select_HW_f08.pdf
Sorry that I forgot to do this earlier, but I have posted the answers to last week's Karnaugh map homework to our website. Give me a shout if you have any questions. The URL for the answers is:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/hmwk2150/Karnaugh_map_HW_w_ans_f08.pdf
I spent much of the past couple of weeks implementing a new way to deliver lab instructions to you, and the first result of this work is the Windows XP install which you will find on the "Labs" page of the CSCI 2150 web site. You can go directly to the instructions through the following URL:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/labs2150/wxp_inst/wxp_inst.htm
It includes a repeat of the download instructions for the MSDNAA site. You can find them under the "Download" tab.
Since D2L doesn't support database driven web sites, I wrote the entire thing in JavaScript. If the machine/browser that you are using does not support JavaScript, I have left the original HTML-only page up at:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/labs2150/wxp_inst_old/wxp_inst.htm
It is important that you download the Windows XP installation disk ISO to your hard disk before coming to class on Wednesday. Please see the instructions that I have posted to do this at:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/labs2150/wxp_inst/wxp_iso.htm
I have two announcements I need to make to you. First, the Linux lab tomorrow will be to install two applications to your Linux virtual machines. These packages are really too small to be burned to a CDROM, so what I've done is created a floppy disk image which you will be able to mount using Virtual PC just like you mounted the CDROM image to do your install. Please download the image and store it to your hard drive to bring to class tomorrow. The image can be found at the link:
http://csciwww.etsu.edu/tarnoff/labs2150/linux/rpm_make/rpm_make.img
Second, I forgot to hand out the homework assignment to the morning section of CSCI 2150 yesterday. (The evening section received theirs.) I have posted the homework to the web site at the address:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/hmwk2150/Karnaugh_map_HW_f08.pdf
The homework will be due on Wednesday, October 15th.
I have finished the answer key for yesterday's test. You can access it either through the "Test aids" page or by clicking the direct link below.
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/tsts2150/T12150_F08.pdf
Wednesday is our first operating system installation lab. We will be installing Linux onto your hard drives so be sure to bring them on Wednesday.
I had planned to modify the lab so that we were installing one of the more popular Linux distributions like Ubuntu, but Virtual PC wouldn't allow it. I tried all of the suggested modifications I found on their documentation site, but couldn't get anything to work reliably. Therefore, we are going to continue using the old workhorse, Redhat 9. Yes, if you are familiar with Linux, you know that Redhat was replaced a while ago with Redhat Fedora. Let's just say that Redhat 9 will cause fewer headaches in the lab running Virtual PC.
Before you come to class, please go to the CSCI Department's software download page at http://cscidbw.etsu.edu/software/software.html and download CD 1, CD 2, and CD 3 from the appropriate RedHat Linux v9 links. You should store the resulting image files to your hard drive. Do not bother making CDs from these images, Virtual PC can work directly from the image files. Note that the link tells you to change the file extension to .iso. This will be explained in class.
I've posted the answers to the simplification homework to the web site. The direct link is:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/hmwk2150/Logic_simplification_HW_w_ans_f08.pdf
Also, I've posted the grades for your motherboard quiz, troubleshooting exercise, and the simplification homework. See you Monday for the test!
In case you are unable to make it to class today, I have posted a PDF copy of the logic simplification homework assignment I am distributing in class. It can be found at:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/hmwk2150/Logic_simplification_HW_f08.pdf
It is due Wednesday, September 24th!
I have posted the grades for the binary conversion homework to D2L. I have also posted an answer key to the homework at:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/hmwk2150/Binary_numbers_HW_w_ans_f08.pdf
Remember that we will be having a quiz on the motherboard lab. Please review the lab notes for material that might be on this quiz. In addition, you should be able to do things like identify different cables and power connections. The motherboard lab instructions can be found at:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/labs2150/mboard/mboard.htm
In case you were unable to make it to class yesterday, I have posted a PDF copy of the homework assignment I distributed in class. It can be found at:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/hmwk2150/Binary_numbers_HW_f08.pdf
It is due Monday!
Also, I forgot to return your BIOS quizzes to you yesterday. (I got a little long winded, huh?) Anyway, if you want to pick up your quiz before Monday, stop by my office and I'll have it for you. Otherwise, you can simply check your grade on D2L.
Remember that we have a quiz on Monday covering the material in the hard drive lab that we covered on Wednesday. In case you have little or no experience with partitioning and formatting of hard drives, I have put together a Flash demonstration of partitioning and formatting using Windows XP. You can find it at the URL:
http://faculty.etsu.edu/tarnoff/labs2150/harddrvs/partitioning/partitioning.html
It’s pretty rough for a number of reasons. First, it was my first attempt at action-capture software on the computer, so my delivery is a bit unpolished. Second, the demonstration is done using a demo version of Camtasia running across a Cisco VPN using Remote Desktop. (The output is a Flash "swf" file.) I wanted to do the demo using XP and I have Vista at home, so it was either do it this way or drive from Gray into Johnson City. I decided to be lazy.
Give me a shout if you have any questions. Have a great weekend!
Welcome to class! There are two items of business we need to address before we can get started.
First, the required textbook for this course is available in hard copy or in electronic form from the web. The hard copy form is not available from the bookstore due to pricing issues. If you want to purchase a hard copy of the textbook, visit the Lulu web site where it is sold. You may also download the textbook for free in its entirety from this same site. (Some students have found it more convenient - and cheaper - to carry around the hard copy rather than a bunch of printouts from the web, however.) If you want to download the notes in individual chapter form, simply go to the course notes page.
Since you are saving $125 by not having to buy a traditional textbook ($105 if you went with the hard copy textbook), you can use part of those funds to purchase an external (USB 2) hard drive. Most of the labs will be performed using this hard drive. Future courses in your CSCI curriculum will also use this hard drive, so I would suggest you don't begin using it to store your MP3's once this course is over. Details on the minimum hard drive requirements will be provided in class. Please have this hard drive in your hands by the September 10th lab.
Your second assignment is to verify that your e-mail address is set up correctly on the D2L Server. I will be using this system to e-mail course updates and news throughout the semester. I cannot take responsibility for messages you did not receive because you were not looking at your z-account e-mail or because my messages were not getting past your spam filter.
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