Advanced Laboratory for Operating Systems and Assembly Language

该项目将建立一个新的计算机实验室， 设备. 目标是提高教学质量 在两个必要的计算机科学核心课程， 操作系统课程和汇编语言课程。 实验室将由40台486-33 MHz计算机组成。 这些 PC将与两台作为文件服务器联网。 在 此外，其中20台PC将配备可移动硬盘， 磁盘驱动器。 这些机器将使学生的 操作系统类进行实验修改， 增强了真实的操作系统的内核， 对其他用户的不利影响。 学生将接触到 操作系统代码开发和测试程序。 移动硬盘将允许同一实验室 使用不同的软件配置， 消耗和复杂的系统重新格式化和重新加载 软件 这种灵活性将增加几个 实验室可用性的数量级。 的 使用同一平台的两个操作系统课程 而汇编语言课程将强化知识 在这两个课程中获得。 实验室也将受益 其他课程，包括Ada编程语言课程 （这也是CS/CIS学生的必修课程），以及 作为其他计算机科学的一般教学质量 课程包括软件工程，计算机图形学和 独立研究/项目课程。

This project will create a new computer laboratory with modern equipment. The goal is to enhance the quality of instruction in two of the required Computer Science core courses, namely the Operating Systems course and the Assembly Language course. The laboratory will consist of 40 486-33 MHz computers. These PCs will be networked together with two as file servers. In addition, 20 of these PCs will be equipped with removable hard disk drives. These machines will enable students of the Operating Systems classes to experiment with modifications and enhancements of the kernel of a real operating system without adverse effect on other users. Students will be exposed to both operating system code development and testing procedures. The removable hard disk will allow the same laboratory to be used with different software configurations without time consuming and complicated reformatting and reloading of systems software. This flexibility will provide an increase of several orders of magnitude in the usability of the laboratory. The use of the same platform for both the operating system course and the assembly language course will reinforce the knowledge obtained in both courses. The laboratory will also benefit other courses, including the Ada Programming Language course (which is also a required course for CS/CIS students), as well as the general instructional quality of other computer science courses including Software Engineering, Computer Graphics and Independent Study/Project courses.