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From: greg@uts.amdahl.com (Greg Bullough)
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Subject: Re: Qualified? or Dreaming?
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Date: 16 Jul 90 23:55:56 GMT
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In article <18454@rpp386.cactus.org> jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II) writes:
>In article <1990Jul11.233006.17884@nmt.edu> john@nmt.edu (John Shipman) writes:
>>                  Every student implements a whole compiler
>>and a whole operating system from scratch, working in a team
>>with one or two other students.
>
>At The University of New Orleans everyone was required to take
>a theory course in languages, operating systems and so on...

At Forkover University, every student has to build his/her own
system from scratch. They have to actually mine and process the
silicon themselves. Then they design the circuits, do the layout
work, produce the masks, and make the chips. Then it's on to the
microscopes, to wire 'em into dual-inline packages. That done,
they have to lay out the printed circuit boards, etch them, and
solder the chips in. Of course, that includes the positive and
negative power supplies of various voltages.

Where the greatest number of students flunk out, not surprisingly,
is in the machine shop. Turning those bearings for the hard disks is
pretty fine work.

Well, once they've got that done, they're ready for their first
OS course. That's always taken during the Winter term, so they
have to walk the mile or so from the dorms in the snow. Uphill.
Both ways.   :-)

Greg