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From: bonak@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Esmail Bonakdarian)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Comp Org/Hardware textbooks?
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Date: 13 Jan 91 17:51:20 GMT
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I am looking for textbook recommendations for a basic undergraduate
CS course in computer hardware and organization.
 
The book currently being used is by M. Morris Mano "Computer Engineering:
Hardware Design". I really like "Structured Computer Organization" by
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, but am not sure whether this book would be appropriate
for the course (i.e. does it cover/comply to the ACM proposed curriculum).
 
What books are you using?
 
Thanks,
Esmail
 
PS: Where can I get a copy of the ACM proposed curriculum?