We'll begin class with our promised quiz on Chapter 2: Software Components Of the Computer System.

After the quiz we will spend a few minutes talking about what our text calls the minimum size microcomputer for use with the book:

Our systems have four floppy disks. We don't have a physical printer, but I if we need one we can use a printer attached to the host environment.

The next chapter, Chapter 3: The CP/M-Based Computer introduces us to the logical to physical device mapping that CP/M provides in order to abstract away hardware details. It's a very short chapter, so we'll combine it with the following chapter, also very short, Chapter 4: What the Operating System Provides.

We'll read these two chapters and prepare for another keep us honest quiz next class. Same rules apply - prepare one 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper front and back with notest to use on the quiz.

Today in class we will begin our study of assembly language programming using CP/M Assembly Language Programming as our guide.

During the first half of class, all of you should carefully read:

1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1: Hardware Components of the Computer System

and we should divide the responsibility for presenting good summaries of of this material among the class during the second half.

Chapter 1 is much more involved than the other two sections, so I suggest you break it up among several presenters.

Read Chapter 2: Software Components Of the Computer System, taking good notes in your git repo for this class. Read for comprehension! We'll have a short, keep us honest quiz on this chapter at the beginning of the next class. Please print out one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper with notes before you come to class that you can use during the quiz.