[Eug-lug] NAND gates to Tetris

[Allen Brown]

Oh, yeh!  I have a copy.  Been meaning to read it for some time.

Centuries ago when I was in high school I tried to teach 4
other students the first half of those topics.  Didn't use
a text book.  But they weren't interested in paying attention.
-- 
Allen Brown
http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown

> Rainy Saturday diversion...
>
> Have you guys seen this?  It's an introductory CS textbook that takes
> the student from simple boolean logic circuits up through successive
> layers of abstraction to a working game (not necessarily Tetris).  At
> the end of the term, the student has a game that he understands at
> every level all the way down to the gates.
>
>     Boolean Logic
>     Combinatorial Chips
>     Sequential Chips
>     Machine Language
>     Computer Architecture
>     Assembler
>     Virtual Machine I: Arithmetic
>     Virtual Machine II: Machine Control
>     Programming Language
>     Compiler I: Syntax Analysis
>     Compiler II: Code Generation
>     Operating System
>     More Fun to Go (an open project?)
>
> Verrah cool!
>
> Some chapters of the book are on line, and all the exercises are.  I
> did the first two chapters' exercises this morning, and plan to do
> more later.  (My education is a little skimpy on the lower levels, so
> I can use it.)
>
> There are also some videos.
>
> Main page: http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/
>
> --
> Bob Miller                              K<bob>
>                                         kbob at jogger-egg.com
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