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On the design and use of a simulator for teaching computer architecture

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 26, Issue 3

Pages 45 - ff.

https://doi.org/10.1145/187387.187404

Published: 01 September 1994 Publication History

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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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Sherry L(1995)A model computer simulation as an epistemic gameACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/201998.20201627:2(59-64)Online publication date: 1-Jun-1995
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/201998.202016
Reid R(1995)Object-oriented simulation of computer architectures using C++ACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/199691.19970227:1(19-23)Online publication date: 15-Mar-1995
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/199691.199702
Reid RLaxer C(1995)Object-oriented simulation of computer architectures using C++Proceedings of the twenty-sixth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/199688.199702(19-23)Online publication date: 15-Mar-1995
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/199688.199702

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Sherry L(1995)A model computer simulation as an epistemic gameACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/201998.20201627:2(59-64)Online publication date: 1-Jun-1995
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Reid R(1995)Object-oriented simulation of computer architectures using C++ACM SIGCSE Bulletin10.1145/199691.19970227:1(19-23)Online publication date: 15-Mar-1995
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Reid RLaxer C(1995)Object-oriented simulation of computer architectures using C++Proceedings of the twenty-sixth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/199688.199702(19-23)Online publication date: 15-Mar-1995
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/199688.199702

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