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CS1011: Introduction to Computer Systems
This is an old version of CS1011, last given Autumn 2000.
Information about another version of CS1011 and CS1001 can be found here:
CS1011 and CS1001
This page mainly comprises a set of useful links to additional
material for CS1011 compiled by Pete Jinks. Pete normally does about half of the
syllabus
but is off sick at present. However the lectures given by Peter Capon
are substantially the same.
Be warned that there were some changes to the lectures in 1999/2000 but
these pages have not been updated.
The main difference is that I have replaced the introductory lecture
about Babbage by several lectures about EPOS, to introduce the
various components of a computer system.
Tutorials & Examples classes
Students from the CS department taking CS1011 have tutorials, which include
presentations.
Students from other departments taking CS1011 write an essay about a
presentation topic (or something similar).
Students taking CS1011 but not CS1031
Students from the CS department do the first CS1031 tutorial (about 2's
complement, hexadecimal, etc.). Students from other departments have an
examples class covering similar material during this week.
All students have 2 examples classes (at times when most students have
their last 2 CS1031 tutorials)
Exams
| January 1999 Exam
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CS1011 and CS1041 are assessed in the same exam, but by different questions.
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| CS1011 |
Question 1 is compulsory - you have to fill in 40 missing words, numbers
or phrases (set by Pete Jinks & Peter Capon).
You must also answer either question 2 (set by Pete Jinks)
or question 3 (set by Peter Capon).
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| CS1041 |
If you are taking CS1041 (as most of you do),
you must also answer question 4 (set by John Latham).
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Question 1 has no optional parts.
For question 2 you can answer any three of the four parts.
I don't know any details about question 3.
For question 4 you must answer 4 out of 6 parts.
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Here are some hints about
exam technique
January 1998
exam
and
answers and marking scheme
Other relevant links
Books and references
Prentice Hall's
booklist
Long & Long
Jargon File 3.0.0
- The Ultimate Index
Computing Dictionary
at Imperial College
(which has a search engine)
or at Brighton
(as on BURKS CDROM)
Linux
The Unix and Internet Fundamentals HOWTO
gives a simple story of how PCs and the linux operating system work together.
Architecture
Toasters
The first stored-program computer - Mark 1
Mark 1 reborn!
ftp
a copy of the Mark 1 simulator for PCs
(SSEM simulator written by Andrew Molyneux)
National
Archive for the History of Computers
points to
picture of
Mark 1
and
NAHC
catalogue
Tom Kilburn
and
Chris Burton
on The Net, talking about the Mark 1.
Manchester University Madam
BBC News | Sci/Tech | The Baby is back
Seminars - Clipper Chip
$CS1011/clipper
(extracts from RISKS DIGEST vol14 issues 51-84)
Stolen from
Yahoo's
page on
Computers
and Internet:Security and Encryption:Encryption Policy:Clipper Chip
The content of this page and those it links to is copyright ©
Pete Jinks,
except, obviously, for links that go to other web-sites, and
pages that I have myself copied from elsewhere.
(I hope I have correctly acknowledged any such copying - please let
me
know if I have missed any out.)
You are welcome to make educational,
not-for-profit use of my work,
but please give me credit when you do so.