Machine Organization and Systems Design Laboratory

正在开发一个实验室，用于教授两门专业课：计算机组成和大系统设计原理。该实验室包括一个由三个NEXT工作站组成的网络，另外还有一个用于教师发展工作的工作站。新的实验室使用C编程语言及其低级功能，以及计算机组织课程中的MC68040汇编代码。模拟器用于处理微编码以及I/O和中断功能。新设备允许使用Unix工具来控制大型项目的开发。在设计课程中，使用NEXT附带的C++在设计过程中介绍和提供面向对象的编程工具。通过以太网连接工作站，学生能够更好地协调他们在大型系统设计项目中的工作。一门新课程《计算机建模：一种思维工具》正在开发中。在这门课程中，NeXT的计算速度和可访问的用户界面使非理科学生能够了解当前计算机科学的重要应用，如人工智能、认知科学、混沌理论，以及一般而言，思维的“信息处理”范式。

A laboratory is being developed for teaching two concentration courses: Computer Organization and Principles of Design for Large Systems. The laboratory consists of a network of three NeXT workstations, with an additional workstation for faculty development work. The new lab uses a combination of the C programming language, with its low-level features, together with MC68040 assembly code in the Computer Organization course. Simulators are used to work with microcoding and I/O and interrupt facilities. The new equipment enables the use of UNIX tools for controlling the development of large projects. In the Design course, C++, which comes with the NeXT, is used to introduce and provide the facilities of object-oriented programming in the design process. By having the workstations connected via an ethernet, students are better able to coordinate their work for large system design projects. A new course, Computer Modeling: A Tool for the Mind is being developed. In this course, the computational speed and the accessible user interface of the NeXT enables the non-science students to be introduced to the important current applications of computer science such as artificial intelligence, cognitive science, chaos theory, and, in general, the "information processing" paradigm for thought.