Computer Science 237 Computer Organization Williams College Fall 2005

Course Information: [Complete Syllabus] [Lecture and Reading Schedule, Assignments]

Texts

The main text is Structured Computer Organization, Fifth Edition, by Andrew Tanenbaum (Prentice Hall, 2006 (!)). There will also be some readings and reference material from a previous edition of the Tanenbaum book. You are advised to purchase a copy of The C Programming Language, Second Edition, by Kernighan and Ritchie (Prentice Hall, 1988). Both of these are available through Water Street Books, but you are encouraged to seek better prices elsewhere, if you wish. You may also choose to share books (or ignore the text completely).

Course News

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Related Information and Links

• Telnet is bad! Get and use a secure shell (ssh) client if you plan to work remotely. Unix and Mac OS X come with ssh clients installed. A free one for windows can be found here. This is important, since ftp and telnet are no longer allowed to CSLab systems. For file transfers, consider WinSCP under Windows or Fugu on the Mac.
• Very relevant web resources:
  • Learning Unix: [Unix on CSLab Macs] [Emacs Hints] [Setting up CVS repositories]
• Somewhat relevant web resources: [Williams Computer Science] [FreeBSD] [Mac OS X] [Slashdot]
• Less relevant (but more fun) web resources: [Dilbert] [Fox Trot] [Get Fuzzy] [User Friendly]
• Relevant, but hopefully not needed: The Williams College Honor System