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..From... 

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Reilly,Chairman, 

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Senate Committee on 

Undergraduate Studies 

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Proposal ..MPT3934 

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Date

9 August 1979 

Systems Software for Minicomputers & Microco .. 

rputers 

Acting taken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies at its 

meeting on 31 July, 1979, gives rise to the following motion: 

MOTION 

That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of Governors 

of the introduction of the new course CMPT 393-4, Systems Software for 

Minicomputers and Microcomputers, as outlined in paper S79-84 

This course replaces the previously existing course CMPT 293-3, Intro- 

duction to Minicomputers and Microprocessors. It has been the experience 

with this course that the students are not adequately prepared and therefore, 

in particular, the level and prerequisites for the course are being revised 

via the introduction of this new course. 

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NOTE. SCUS has approved the waiver of the two-semester time limit on the 

offering of new courses for CMPT 393-4, subject to the approval of the course 

by Senate and the Board of Governors. 

N. R. Reilly 

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MEMORANDUM

Mr. H.M.Evans 

....Registrar•Seçrry,....WS 

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New Course Proposal 

(WF 393-4 Systems Software for 

Minicomputers and Microcomputers 

From 

•B1anç1iet, Secreta...fthe . 

Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies 

Undergraduate Curriculum-Committee 

Date...

July 20, 19.79, 

The attached New Course Proposal for O4PT. 393-4 - Systems Software for Mini- 

computers and Microcomputers was approved on July 10, 1979 by the Faculty of 

Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. 

Would you please place this item on the agenda for the next meeting of the 

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies. 

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Janet Blanchet 

Attachment 

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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

NEW COURSE 

PROPOSAL.

FORM

Calendar Information 

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Department: 

COMPUTING SCIENCE 

Abbreviation Code: 

C M P T

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Course Number:393 

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Credit Hours: 

4

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Vector: _3-O-2 

Title 

of

Course: 

Syst 

s Software for Minicomputers and Microcomputers 

Calendar Description of Course: 

See attachment. 

fJoure of 

Course ? 

Lecture/Laboratory 

Prerequisites (or special instructions): 

CMPT

290 or CMPT 291, and C 

MPT

201. Students with credit for CT 293 

may

not

take this course for further credit. 

What 

cour 

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e (courses), if 

any, is being dropped from the 

calendar if this course 

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approved: 

CMPT 

293

2. Scheduling 

Now

frequently will 

the

course 

be

offered? About 

3 times every 2 years. 

Semester 

in which 

the

course will 

first 

be offered? 

Spring, 1980. 

Which 

of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering 

possible? ? 

R. Hobson, J. Barenholtz 

Objectives of 

the

Course 

Students should develop a sound, working knowledge of 

what can be done in minicomputer or microcomputer environments. This is important 

because small computers contribute to a substantial and growing portion of the 

professional computer scene. 

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4.

Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only) 

What additional resources will be required in the following areas: 

Faculty ? 

None 

S;aff ? 

TA or lab instructor 

Library 

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None 

Audio Visual 

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None 

Space ? 

Existing space is adequate for a restricted enrollment (20). 

Equipment ? 

Existing equipment is adequate for a restricted enrollment (20). 

5. Approval 

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SCIJS 73-34t.>- (When 

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instructions 

see

Memorandum 

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Calendar Description 

CMPT 393-4 - Systems Software for Minicomputers and Microcomputers 

(3-0-2) 

The course provides hands-on practical experience in minicomputer 

and microcomputer environments. Low level computer architecture 

features are discussed. Hardware components to be examined include 

central processors, the teletype, terminals, printers, tapes, and 

disks. Lecture topics include instruction sets, bootstrapping, stand-alone 

cantrol, memory management, interrupts, debugging machine (assembler) and 

high level language code, device communication, multiprogramming, time 

sharing, operating system control and operating system generation. 

Laboratory work includes device communication, interrupt handling, real 

time multiuser applications, and operating system maintenance. 

Prerequisite: CMPT 290 or CMPT 291, and CMPT 201. 

Students with credit for CMPT 293 may not take this course for further 

credit. 

Rationale 

CMPT 293 is not working out as a low level course because students 

have not had enough exposure to computational techniques and computer 

architecture to appreciate the course material. By promoting CMPT 293 

to CMPT 393 and imposing prerequisites CMI'T 201 and CMPT 290 or CNPT 291, 

both of these objections are satisfactorily neutralized. 

The change in credit value is warranted by the demanding nature of 

the course, viz., five contact hours plus several hours hands-on work 

(possibly red-eye specials). 

COURSE

OUTLINE

Systems Software for Minicomputers and Microcomputers 

PART I:

Basic Concepts (Use varian V75 to demonstrate) 

WEEKS 1-2

Lectures - Varian CPU design, registers, machine language instruction set. 

- Introduction to assembler, device communication. 

- Implications of device speed vs CPU speed. 

Labs ? 

- Varian hardware orientation (various peripherals and CPU). 

- Power up/down procedure. 

- Stand-alone control, bootstrapping, introduction to I/O. 

- Debugging machine (assembler) code. 

WEEKS 3-4

Lectures - Communicating with slow speed devices. 

- High speed communication. 

- Direct memory access and I/O. 

Operating system control I (I/O drivers, logical devices). 

Labs ? 

- Practical device communication problems. 

WEEKS 5-6

Lectures - Interrupts 

- Memory management. 

- Operating system control II (Tasks, Software, System Generation). 

- Software Conventions. 

- Spooling. 

Labs ? 

- Interrupt handling 

- Bootstrapping the operating system. 

- Operating system utilities. 

- Text entry, compilation, load module generation. 

- Debugging. 

PART II: 

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Comparison of V75 with PDP 11/34 and 

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other minicomputer systems 

WEEKS 7-8 

Lectures - PDP 11 design and machine instruction set. 

- Comparison-of V75 and ?DPI1 with some generalization. 

- The UNIX operating system. 

- Comparison of VORTEX, UNIX, and DEC Software. 

- Communication problems relived. 

Labs 

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- Familiarization with PDP 11/34. 

- User environment on the 11 (Software, utilities etc.). 

PART III: Microprocessor environments. 

WEEKS 9-13 

Lectures - Intel 8085 (8080) MPU design.. 

- Our 8085 development system. 

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- The CPM operating system. 

- Building up a microcomputer development system. 

- Communication with terminals, cassettes, and floppy dis 

- Other development systems. 

Labs ? 

- Familiarization with our 8085 system. 

- Introduction to CPM. 

- Communication with devices. 

REFERENCE MATERIALS 

- Vortex Reference Manual (required) 

- V75 System Handbook 

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(required) 

- PD? 11134 Processor Handbook 

- CPM User's Manuals 

- UNIX 'lime-Sharing System, Special Edition, 

The Bell System Technical Journal, Vol. 57, No. 6, 

Pt. 2, July-Aug.,1978. 

- Brian W. Kernighan and John R. Mashey, "The UNIX 

Programming Environment", Software-Practice and 

Experience, Vol. 9, 1979, 

p.

1-15. 

Course materials will be produced from appropriate sections of 

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these documents (except required material) in the form of a booklet 

or booklets. A charge covering duplication costs will be levied. 

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY—..:

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MEMORANDUM ?

Mr. Larry

the

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Faculty

Faculty of InterdiscifVfl.1p1.e,

Assistant.. Librarian..............................................tkide

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OFFICE ? 

DESK 

The attached new course proposals will be

considered

at the next meeting of

the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies

Undergraduate

Curriculum Ccmiittee.

Would you please

review

them in terms of Library resources,

and

let us have

your ccints as soon as it is conveniently possible.

Attach.

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