Other Internet Resources

Feel free to browse some of these Web sites. You will learn a lot more than what is within the scope of this course, especially if you have the time.

• Glossary of computer terminology - useful for find out the meaning of commonly used acronyms such as DRAM, EDO RAM, SCSI, etc.
• Win95-based MC68000 simulator (1518 kbytes) - useful for testing out your 68000 assembly programs on a PC. This microprocessor simulation package was developed by Bradford W. Mott at North Carolina State University. You also need to download the Tcl/Tk 4.1 patch level 1 driver (1826 kbytes) for Windows 95 before the 68000 simulator will run on the Win95 platform, as it was originally designed for the UNIX platform.
• Motorola 680x0 Internet Resources - Good site to get free goodies related to the 68000 uP. You can get links to several free 68000 simulators that you can run on your PC. You can also download the 68000 user manual in Acrobat pdf format (careful, it's big, 0.98MB).
• MC68000 Educational Computer Board (ECB) - This microprocessor board is used during your laboratory sessions.
• SIM68 and ASM68 programming tools - This ftp site allows you to download Panos Livadas's SIM68 simulator and the ASM68 assembler. The file your want is V2.3.2.mc68k.zip. The SIM68 simulator commands are reasonably similar to those of Tutor 1.3 on the MC 68000 boards used in the labs. Detail on how to use this tool can be found in the appendices of Livadas's book entitled Computer Organization and the MC68000.
• Programming Reference Cards - for different microprocessors, including the 68000.
• Software sources - Some free software related to 68000 programming.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the 68000.
• Motorola's 68k Processor family - a brief description of the various 68k microprocesssors. Also include is a short description about the instruction set comparison between the Motorola's 68k and Intel's x86 processors.
• Some brief information on the 68000 and instruction set
• Assembly language resources - a good site with consolidated resources on assembly programming, mainly the Intel x86 and Motorola 68k assembly programming.
• Motorola's Home Page
• Motorola Archive
• IBM Microelectronics Product Guide - contains glossary, description and data sheets of computer related devices such as EDO memory (DRAM, VRAM), various packaging technology, x86 microprocessors, etc. A wealth of information regarding components used in the latest computer products.
• How a computer chip is made - excellent description of the manufacture of integrated circuits. However, be prepared to wait as there are a lot of images in this page.
• Great microprocessors of the Past and Present - a historical description of the many, many microporcessors which have come, gone and stayed. From the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004 launched in Nov 1971 to transputers and RISC processors.
• Computer Case Cooling - great tips on forced-air ventilation and heat-sink cooling for CPU systems - Especially for those who are into overclocking their CPU to squeeze out performance on a low budget. Be careful! if you don't know what you are doing you can damage your CPU ....

Please send an e-mail to Goh Wooi Boon (aswbgoh@ntu.edu.ac.sg) if you know of other useful sites related to the CE107 course. Thanks in advance.

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