Computer Organization and Programming
CS310 (Fall 1996)

1. Class Info
   • Meeting Time and Place (lectures and discussion sessions)
   • Professor
   • TAs
   • Course Operations (info, syllabus & grading info.)
2. Calendar
   • Important Dates
   • Lecture, homework, test schedule at a glance
3. Lectures
4. Handouts (Class notes, Homeworks, Programming Assignments)
5. Discussion Sessions
6. Resources
   • utexas.class.cs310 newsgroup
   • Homework Solutions
   • Programming Solutions
   • Tests and Solutions
   • Programming Resources
   • Old Exams and Study Guide

All TA office hours are located in PAI 3.04N. You may go to ANY of the TA office hours. There are no TA office hours on Thursday. Attend the discussion sections you are registered for.

TA	email	office hours (& place)
Yoonsuck Choe	yschoe@cs.utexas.edu	M 1230-130p, TU 230-4p (PAI 3.04N)
Cynthia He	cxh@cs.utexas.edu	M 330-500p, TU 1230-130p (PAI 3.04N)
Deepa Ramani	dparam@cs.utexas.edu	W 300-430p, F 1200-100p (PAI 3.04N)
Ge Zhang	gzhang@cs.utexas.edu	F 100-330p (PAI 3.04N)

For discussion sessions conducted by each TA, please go to "Meeting Time and Place" .

Important Dates

• 9/2 : Labor day holiday
• 9/3 : Last day to add using TeX
• 9/13: 12th class day : last day to drop using TeX, last day to drop with a refund, last day to add w/o rare or extenuating circumstances.
• 9/14 : Automatic Q drop period begins
• 9/25 : Last day to drop a course w/o academic penalty, Q/F period starts
• 10/23 : Last day to drop a course for academic reasons, Last day to withdraw from the University, Last day to change registration in a course to or from pass/fail, Deadline to apply for graduation.
• 11/28-30 : Thanksgiving holiday
• 12/6 : Last class day, last day to appeal for a non-academic drop or withdrawal.

Lecture, homework, test schedule at a glance

• 9/4 : Homework #1 (correct version) due by 9/9 Monday 10am
  Typo in HW#1 : 2-(d) (2)&(4), 4-(2)&(4) : It has 9 bits in all, so remove the rightmost bit to make it 8 bits.
• 9/11 : Homework #2 due by 9/16 Monday 10am
• 9/16 : Program #1(part 1) due by 9/25 Wednesday 10am. Early date 9/24 Tues TAY 3.148 11am (5% bonus)
• 9/18 : Program #1(part 2)
• 9/25 : Program #2(part 1) due by 10/4 Friday 10am. Early date 10/3 Thursday , Late date 10/5 Saturday : TAY 3.148
• 9/27 : Program #2(part 2)
• 9/27 : Homework #3 due by 10/2 Wednesday 10am.
• 10/2 : Program #2 and Exam 1 Objectives
• 10/3 : Homework #3 Solution
• 10/4 : Practice Problems
• 10/8 : NIGHT EXAM 1 : 7-9pm WEL 2.224
• 10/11 : Program #3(part 1) due by 10/21 Monday 10am. Late due : 10/22 11am TAY3.148(-15%)
• 10/16 : Exam#1 Solution
• 10/16 : Program #3 Announcements : Due date changed to 10/24(Thu) 11am, TAY 3.148 (slide it under the door).
  Early date (+5%) 10/23(Wed) 10am, TAY 2.006.
  Late date(-15%) 10/25(Fri) 10am TAY 2.006.
  Late date(-30%) 10/28(Mon) 10am TAY 2.006.
  
• 10/21 : Program #3 Testing/Turn-in procudure
• 10/25 : Program #4 Wed Nov 6th 10a.m. 100%, Thurs Nov 7th 11a.m. 90%, Fri Nov 8th 10a.m. 80%.
• 11/8 : Exam 2 (11/13 Wednesday 7-9pm, WEL 2.224) objectives
• 11/8 : Exam 2 practice problems : not available electroncally
• 11/20: Program #5 : Wed Dec 4th (early) 10am TAY 2.006, Thu Dec 5th (100%) 11am TAY 3.148, Fri Dec 6th (90%) 10am TAY 2.006.
• 12/11: Final Exam 9-noon : see Exam objectives . 9am lecture - WEL 2.246, 10am lecture - TAY 2.106.
• 12/17: Final Exam 9-noon : see Exam objectives . TAY 2.106

See Handouts.

If handouts are not available electronically, please check the box in front of Prof. Yurkanan's office (TAY 3.148).

Class Handouts

• 8/28 Handout 0: Letter to students
• 8/28 Handout 1: Overview description of the course topics
• 8/28 Handout 2: Course operations
• 8/30 Lecture note: Day3, slides 1 - 12 (single page).
• 8/30 Ascii code chart
• 9/4 Handout 3: Home Work#1: due by Monday 9/9 10am in class
  Typo in HW#1 : 2-(d) (2)&(4), 4-(2)&(4) : It has 9 bits in all, so remove the rightmost bit to make it 8 bits.
• 9/9 Handout 4: Class Info: Office Hours and Discussion Sections
• 9/11 Handout 5: Homework #2 : due by 9/16 Monday 10am.
• 9/13 Handout 6: Endianess & Memory Hierarchy (not available electronically. Pick it up from the box in front of TAY 3.148)
• 9/16 Handout 7: Program #1(part 1) due by 9/25 Wednesday 10am. Early date 9/24 Tues TAY 3.148 11am (5% bonus)
• 9/18 Handout 8: Program #1(part 2)
• 9/25 Handout 9: Program #2(part 1) due by 10/4 Friday 10am. Early date 10/3 Thursday TAY 3.148 11am (5% bonus), Late date 10/5 Saturday 4pm TAY 3.148: SUBMIT WHAT YOU HAVE!!!
• 9/27 Handout 10: Program #2(part 2)
• 9/27 Handout 11: Homework #3 due by 10/2 Wednesday 10am.
• 10/2 Handout 12: Program #2 and Exam 1 Objectives
• 10/3 Handout 13: Homework #3 Solution
• 10/4 Handout 14: Practice Problems
• 10/11 Handout 15: Program #3(part 1) due by 10/21 Monday 10am. Late due : 10/22 11am TAY3.148(-15%)
• 10/16 Handout 16: Exam#1 Solution
• 10/16 Handout 17: Program #3 Announcements : Due date changed to 10/24(Thu) 11am, TAY 3.148 (slide it under the door).
  Early date (+5%) 10/23(Wed) 10am, TAY 2.006.
  Late date(-15%) 10/25(Fri) 10am TAY 2.006.
  Late date(-30%) 10/28(Mon) 10am TAY 2.006.
  
• 10/21 Handout 18: Program #3 Testing/Turn-in procudure
• 10/24 Handout 19: Fantasm User's Manual : also available in the [System Disk]->[Fantasm]->[f96.io.v1.0], documents folder in the PAI Powermacs (not the old Quadras).
• 10/24 Handout 20: Fantasm program example: also available on the PAI macs: start.s and P4_globals.s
• 10/25 Handout 21: Program #4 Wed Nov 6th 10a.m. 100%, Thurs Nov 7th 11a.m. 90%, Fri Nov 8th 10a.m. 80%.
• 10/28 Handout 22: Class note - pick up from TAY 3.148
• 10/30 Handout 23: Class note - Passing parameters (using registers and stack), Function : not available electronically. Pick it up from TAY 3.148.
• 10/30 Handout 24: Examples of Parameter passing
• 10/31 Handout 25: (discussion section) Macsbug Instructions
• 11/1 Handout 26: IMPORTANT FANTASM INFO and TURN-IN Requirements
• 11/8 Handout 27: Comments on Real Compilers and Proc/Func calls: Class note - pick up from TAY 3.148
• 11/8 Handout 28: Example of how a compiler might use 32 registers (in a RISC architecture) including some for call by value parameter passing: Class note - pick up from TAY 3.148
• 11/8 Handout 29: Exam 2 (11/13 Wednesday 7-9pm, WEL 2.224) objectives
• 11/8 Handout 30: Exam 2 practice problems : not available electroncally - pick up from TAY 3.148
• 11/8 Handout 31: Exam 2 practive problems - solution: not available electroncally - pick up from TAY 3.148
• 11/18 Handout 32: Program #5 : obsolete - see Handout 33.
• 11/20 Handout 33: Program #5 Spec and Turnin procedure: Wed Dec 4th (early) 10am TAY 2.006, Thu Dec 5th (100%) 11am TAY 3.148, Fri Dec 6th (90%) 10am TAY 2.006.
• 11/xx Handout 34: ??
• 11/xx Handout 35: ??
• 11/25 Handout 36: Programming model for a generic disk DMA interface. Not available electoronically - pick up from TAY 3.148.
• 11/25 Handout 37: Problem with the character oriented model. Not available electoronically - pick up from TAY 3.148.
• 12/4 Handout 38: Exam #2 solution. Not available electoronically - pick up from TAY 3.148.
• 12/11 Handout 40: Exam objectives . 12/11 9-noon: 9am lecture - WEL 2.246, 10am lecture - TAY 2.106. 12/17 9-noon: TAY 2.106

Discussion Session Handouts

• 8/29 Cheating Policy
• 8/29 Questionaire
• 10/3 Handout 13: Homework #3 Solution
• 10/24 Fantasm User's Manual: User's Manual : also available in the [System Disk]->[Fantasm]->[f96.io.v1.0], documents folder in the PAI Powermacs (not the old Quadras).
• 10/24 Example program: also available on the PAI macs: start.s and P4_globals.s
• 10/31 Macsbug Instructions

You must go to the discussion sessions you are officially registered for. No exceptions other than going to other discussion sessions held by the same TA who you are registered for.

See the meeting time & place and Handout 4 for more info.

utexas.class.cs310 Newsgroup

The class newsgroup is at

utexas.class.cs310

• Homework #1 Solution
• Homework #2 Solution
• Homework #3 Solution

You are free to use these solutions towards your next programming assignment.

• Program #1 example solution (Thanks to Brett James):
  Pascal source,
  Output (test #1),
  Test #2 data, and
  Output (test #2).
• Program #2 example solution:
  Pascal Source,
  Test #2 output
  NEW : C++ Source
• Program #4 example solution:
  4.1 P4_globals.s, 4.1 start.s
  4.2 P4_globals.s, 4.2 start.s
  4.3 P4_globals.s, 4.3 start.s
  
• Program #5 example solution:
  5.1 P4_globals.s
  5.1 start.s
  5.1 macsbug log
  5.2 P4_globals.s
  5.2 TB.bcf
  5.2 start.s
  5.2 subroutine_file.s
  5.2 exception_file.s
  

• Exam #1 Solution
• Exam #2 Solution: See handout #38 - not avaliable electronically: pick up from TAY 3.148.

Programming Resources

Check out the new Fantasm Page.

1. Check out Handout #12:Exam Objectives (Exam 1) and Handout #14: Practice Problems.
2. Handout #29: Exam Objectives (Exam 2) , Handout #30: Practice problems (not available electronically)
3. Handout #40: Exam Objectives (Exam 3)

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