On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote: looks like the next but with dustwrapper For his full publication list see http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/gbvita.htm Dave Caroline

On 18/04/12 4:07 PM, Richard wrote: Online here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/CGB%20Files/Computer%20… http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/computer_structures_pri… Contents in Brief Part 1 FUNDAMENTALS 1 - Abstraction and Notation 1.1 Computer Classes and Evolution 1.2 Levels and Abstractions 1.3 PMS Notation 1.4 An Introduction to ISPS 2 - The Computer Space 2.5 Function and Performance 2.6 Structure 3 - Computers of Historical Significance 3.7 The Manchester Mark I 3.8 Structural Levels of the PDP-8 3.9 Design of the B 5000 System 3.10 One Level Storage System Part 2 REGIONS OF COMPUTER SPACE 1 - Microprogram-Based Processors 1.11 Microprogramming and the Design of the Control Circuits in an Electronic Digital Computer 1.12 Microprogramming the IBM System/360 Model 30 1.13 Bit-Sliced Microprocessor of the Am2900 Family: The AM2901/2909 1.14 The Am2903/2910 1.15 A PDP-8 Implemented from AMD Bit-Sliced Microprocessors 2 - Memory Hierarchies and Multiple Processes 2.16 Burroughs' B6500/B7500 Stack Mechanism 2.17 An Outline of the ICL 2900 Series System Architecture 3 - Concurrency: Single-Processor Systems 3.18 The IBM System/360 Model 91: Machine Philosophy and Instruction Handling 3.19 An Efficient Algorithm for Exploiting Multiple Arithmetic Units 3.20 The Illiac IV System 3.21 A Productive Implementation of an Associative Array Processor: STARAN 4 - Multiple-Processor Systems 4.22 The C.mmp/Hydra Project: An Architectural Overview 4.23 Pluribus: An Operational Fault-Tolerant Multiprocessor 5 - Networks 5.24 The Interface Message Processor for the ARPA Computer Network 5.25 ALOHA Packet Broadcasting: A Retrospect 5.26: Ethernet: Distributed Packet Switching for Local Computer Networks 6 - Fault-Tolerant Systems 6.27 The STAR (Self-Testing And Repairing) Computer: An Investigation of the Theory and Practice of Fault-Tolerant Computer Design 6.28 Fault Tolerant Design of Local ESS Processors 6.29 The Tandem 16: A Fault-Tolerant Computing System 7 - Language-Based Computers 7.30 The SYMBOL Computer 7.31 A Dual-Processor Desk-Top Computer: The HP 9845A 7.32 The IBM System/38 8 - Personal Computing Systems 8.33 Alto: A Personal Computer Part 3 COMPUTER CLASSES 1 - Monolithic Microcomputers 1.34 TMS1000/1200: Chip Architecture and Operation 1.35 PIC1650: Chip Architecture and Operation 2 - Microcomputers 2.36 Trends in Microcomputers 2.37 Intel Microprocessors: 8008 to 8086 3 - Minicomputers 3.38 A New Architecture for Mini-Computers: The DEC PDP-11 3.39 Implementation and Performance Evaluation of the PDP-11 Family 4 - Maxicomputers 4.40 The Structure of System/360, Part I: Outline of the Logical Structure 4.41 The Structure of System/360, Part II: System Implementations 4.42 VAX-11/780: A Virtual Address Extension to the DEC PDP-11 Family 4.43 Parallel Operation in the Control Data 6600 4.44 The CRAY-1 Computer System 4.45 The TI ASC: A Highly Modular and Flexible Super Computer Architecture Part 4 FAMILY RANGE, COMPATIBILITY AND EVOLUTION 1 - Microcomputer Families 2 - Minicomputer Families 2.46 The PDP-8 Family 2.47 The Evolution of the PDP-11 3 - Evolution of HP Calculators 3.48 The HP Model 9100A Computing Calculator 3.49 THe HP 9810/20/30 Series 3.50: Hewlett-Packard Calculator Architectures 4 - Evolution of Burroughs Computers 5 - The System/360 and System/370 Family 5.51 Architecture of the IBM System/370 5.52 The IBM System/360, /370, 3030, and 4300: A Series of Planned Machines That Span a Wide Performance Range 6 - Evolution of CDC/Cray Computers http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/Computer_Structures__Re… Also see: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/digital/decmuseum.htm --Toby