Eugene Styer
Abstract
Most Computer Architecture classes include dicussions of machine instructions and CPU internals, but not many include input/output devices, either as part of that course, or elsewhere in the program. This paper discusses a simulator designed to allow students to work with simulated I/O devices as a part of larger machine simulator.
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- On the design and use of a simulator for teaching computer architecture
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