Computer Systems II
CSC 2405 - Spring 2016
Instructor Mirela Damian, Mendel 167A
Textbooks
- Arpaci-Dusseau, Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
- Wikipedia Contributors, Operating system (online, free)
CSC Department Unix System
- CSC Unix Network - basic info on logging in locally and remotely
Unix Editors
- Emacs (preferred editor) - an excellent guide for the absolute beginner
- Pico or Nano - basic commands
- Newbie Guide to Installing Linux as a Virtual Machine - a guide for installing a virtual copy of Linux on your own computer.
- VMware Workstation 5.0 Keyboard Shortcuts - helpful keyboard shortcuts to do common things on VMWare.
- Online Linux Emulator - "log in" to a Linux machine and try commands and explore. (How does it work?)
Unix
- Unix tutorial for beginners
- Unix Tutorial - overview of Unix commands, with examples
- Unix Command Summary - quick list of common Unix commands
C Programming
- GREAT C tutorial with examples
- C standard library reference
- The GNU C Library - a comprehensive reference manual
- A basic C tutorial for beginners with examples
- Bitwise Operators - really good CodeProject article
- Bitwise Operations in C - Wikipedia article, concise and accurate
- Operators in C and C++ - excellent overview of all of the standard operators, including logical and bitwise
- Beej's Guide to C Programming - widely used online reference for C
- Open Watcom - free C compiler, source code available as well
- Visual C++ 2012 Express - free C and C++ compiler from Microsoft
- Compiling C programs with C++ compiler - on department system, login to either Linux server felix or helix and compile there using g++ rather than gcc. Note that programs compiled in this way will run on either Linux machine, but not on the Unix machines. If you want to run them on one of the Unix machines you will need to recompile them there using gcc.
Simulations, Videos & Animations
- Computer Systems demonstrations - from the Wolfram project (Computation demos)
- CPU Scheduling - animation of process scheduling in a CPU
- Inside of Hard Drive - YouTube video of hard drive in operation
- Workings of a Hard Drive - YouTube video of hard drive demo
- Computer Tour - Video of what goes on inside your computer
Topical & Current
- How CD Works - HowStuffWorks page about CDs
- How DVD Works - HowStuffWorks page about DVDs
- How Flash memory Works - HowStuffWorks page about Flash Memory
- Video about 7 computer components - on HowStuffWorks page about PCI
The Machine that Changed the World
- Lecture notes & links - Univ. of Vermont CS department
- History of Computing - related info at Univ. of Vermont
- Videos online - part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5