WEEK
TOPIC
READING
Jan 5
Introduction to PC Architecture
Ch. 1,2, App A;
Handout: pp. 1 - 13
12
Introduction to Assembly Language
Ch. 3, App B;
and DEBUG
Handout: "Fundamentals of DEBUG",
pp. 14 - 19; "Using DEBUG" p. 23 - 28;
"Arithmetic Instructions", pp. 30 - 31
19
Assembly and Machine Language
Ch. 4; 5 (sec. 5.1-5.4, 5.8), 15 (sec. 15.2);
for the PC
Handout: pp. 20 - 23;
pp. 28 - 30; pp. 33 - 39
26
Conditional Instructions
Ch. 6
Handout: pp. 31 - 32
Feb 2 Arithmetic Instructions Ch. 7 (sec. 7.1 - 7.4)
9,16
Disk Organization and File Handling
Ch. 11 (sec. 11.1 - 11.3);
Handout: pp. 40 - 54
23
Video Display
Ch. 5 (sec. 5.7); Ch. 7 (sec. 7.5);
Handout: pp. 55 -60
Mar 2 Keyboard Operation Ch. 5 (sec. 5.5-5.6); Handout: pp. 61-70
9
PC Operating System Interrupts
Ch. 11 (sec. 11.4 - 11.5);
Ch. 12 (sec. 12.1-12.3);
Handout: pp. 55 - 60, 71 - 90