Computer Architecture Management
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Objective
The assignment has been designed to enable you:
- To know about Protected mode programming
- To know about serial port programming
- To know about secondary storage.
- To Know how multithreading is.
ASSIGNMENT Question 1
Describe the following descriptors. Give their type and the value of all their fields:
dd 01234567h, 789abcdeh
dd 30405060h, 70809010h
Question 2
Answer the following questions:
Which factors are important in multitasking for thread initialization?
What is the use of program segment prefix and where is located.
What is the difference between the interrupt routine and the strategy routine?
Which bit of modem control register is set to enable interrupt generation by the serial port?
What is address of Boot Sector in term of head, track and sector?