[geeks] Holy Crap! (Question about Computer Architecture)

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Mon Sep 22 11:41:56 CDT 2003


On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Bill Bradford wrote:

> I got this, "Computer Architecture:  A Quantitative Approach" by them, and
> an older version of Tanenbaum's "Structured Computer Organization", all
> for a grand total of under $100, from eBay/Amazon used/Half Price Books.

Oh yeah, I forgot about Tannenbaum's _Operating_Systems_.  It's, again,
microcomputer-oriented, but it has good details on the nitty-gritty
fine line between hardware and software, and how different machine
designs impact how software has to be written.


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