General Information for CDA-4101

• I have jury duty on 6/11. I will try my best to make it to class. If I am more than 10 minutes late, then you can assume that I am not coming. However, if I am there, then there will be a new assignment, and the material I cover will be on the final exam.
• Assignments
  • Assignment 1, due 5/12 at the start of class
  • Assignment 2, due 5/19 at the start of class
  • Assignment 3, due 6/4 at the start of class
  • Assignment 3 data file and insights
  • Assignment 4, due 6/11 at the start of class
  • Assignment 5, due 6/17 at the start of class. This assignment is optional. See assignment for details.
• Extra Information
  • Address Lines on CPUs
  • Decentralized Bus Arbitration
  • Types of pins on a CPU chip
  • Implementation of the Majority function using SSI chips from page 89.
  • Implementation of the Majority function using the LSI PLA chip from page 95.
  • A great page for memory information
    • Information about memory sizes and parity
    • Memory technologies
    • Memory Speed and Access Timing
    • Video RAM
    • Memory Technology Types
  • Types of memory
  • Bus Arbitration
  • Hamming Code Program
  • Syllabus

Running the Hamming Code Program

I have written a program that will allow you to calculate a Hamming codeword using single-bit error correction with even-parity check bits. Run my CGI Hamming Program. This should work from any browser, including a text based browser like lynx.

It is also possible to run the program the old-fashioned way: log onto SOLIX! When you log onto SOLIX, change to the directory

        ~downeyt/public_html/cop2400

and from there run the hamming program by typing

        hamming_code

from the prompt.

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