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!
See also:
Starting Up a Microprocessor Laboratory Computer
Shutting Down a Microprocessor Laboratory Computer
Instant Windows95