Overview
This week we will continue with the two investigations we began last week - learning to use our two kinds of Altair clone, and learning enough about the Intel 8080 processor and the CP/M operating system to begin writing assembly language programs for it.
Here is an updated schedule for presentations:
Friday, October 18th
- Chapter 5: Organizaiton of CP/M - Ved
- Chapter 6: Interfacing with CP/M - Adonis
Tuesday, October 22nd
- Chapter 7: Assembly Language Programming - Cody and Marin
- Chapter 9: Register Usage in the 8080 - Anar and Caleb
Thursday, October 24th
- Chapter 10: Preserving the User's Environment - Trostin
- Chapter 11: Learning by Doing - Akshay and Jeff
- How to use the Altair Clone - Parker, Turner and Isaac
- How to use the Altair-Duino - Jamatheil, Luis and Anfal
After this we will be ready for CP/M assembly language programming!
Friday, October 18th
Classwork
At the beginning of class, Ved will present his summary of Chapter 5: Organizaiton of CP/M, and Adonis will summarize Chapter 6: Interfacing with CP/M.
The rest of class will be used for study.
Wednesday, October 16th
Classwork / Homework
We will use class time and homework time today to continue working on the presentations / investigations we signed up for last week.
Ved and Adonis should be preprared to present their chapters at the beginning of class on Friday.