PHY 406 - Microprocessor Interfacing Techniques

The Microprocessor Laboratory Computer Setup

The computers have no floppy disks - transfers to and from your accounts are done using the transfer machine in the laboratory or electronically.
The local computer disk is C. You may only use this for temporary storage in the C:\TEMP directory. This is purged every time the machine is turned on (to be implemented 9/96). If a software reload is required we will completely over-write the disk and anything you stored there will be erased. Loss of information from the C-drive will not be acceptable as an excuse for late hand-in of any piece of work.
The E-drive is a read-only drive on faraday. It will be used for examples and other things that we want to convey to you. It is also used by other courses, so it contains more information than you need.
The F-drive maps to your faraday home directory. You can store your information here and it will be available on any machine, any time. It is also available to the demonstrators and professor should that be required. Faraday is backed up regularly so the information stored there should be relatively safe. Note that usernames and their associated filestore are purged at the end of each term.
The Hewlett Packard IIISi postscript printer is mapped as your default windows printer and in MS-DOS as LPT1:. You will be charged in the normal manner for paper ($0.10 a page as of 9/96) and there is no system at present for informing you of your current balance without loggin on as a terminal session - if something fails to print it could be because you are out of money in your account. (You will see the HPIIISi described as an Apple Laserwriter - that is necessary for reasons too complex to go into here!)
Please do not tamper with the machine set-ups. The machines are set up for everybody to use, not just you. Changing a set-up upsets your fellow-students, the demonstrator and the professor. Anyone found changing set-ups will be dealt with!