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Welcome to ….
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EECS 1520Computer Use: Fundamentals
or
How I learned to stop worrying and
love the computer
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EECS 1520 -- Computer Use: Fundamentals
Instructor John Hofbauer
Office 2016-LAS
E-mail [email protected]
Office hours see course website
Course website www.eecs.yorku.ca/course/1520
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EECS 1520 -- Computer Use: Fundamentals
Evaluation• 9 Homework (2% each = 18%)
– weekly, paper printouts in dropbox
• Tests (first, 15%; second, 20%)– in class, approx. 45 minutes long
• Final Exam (47%)– All multiple choice: 100 M/C
questions with answers placed on Scantron form
– Content: all readings in Topics
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EECS 1520 -- Computer Use: Fundamentals
How to do well in this course
• do all the homework exercises!
• read the book and study the notes
• attend lectures
• seek help if confused; ask questions
• write both tests
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Video:Video:The Machine that Changed the worldThe Machine that Changed the world
Primary Website:Primary Website:waxy.org/2008/06/the_machine_that_waxy.org/2008/06/the_machine_that_changed_the_worldchanged_the_world
See “Week-01.1-video.doc” See “Week-01.1-video.doc” for more informationfor more information
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A Short and Condensed History A Short and Condensed History of Computingof Computing
Part IPart IAncient History: up to 1930Ancient History: up to 1930
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New book coming, Oct 7New book coming, Oct 7
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Origins of Digital ComputersOrigins of Digital Computers
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Early Calculating MachinesEarly Calculating Machines
PascalinePascaline
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Jacquard Loom (1804)Jacquard Loom (1804)
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Charles Babbage (1791–1871)Charles Babbage (1791–1871)
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Babbage’s Difference EngineBabbage’s Difference Engine
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World’s First ProgrammerWorld’s First Programmer
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Legacy of BabbageLegacy of Babbage
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1880-1901 The Birth of the Modern 1880-1901 The Birth of the Modern Mechanical CalculatorMechanical Calculator
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Hollerith TabulatorHollerith Tabulator
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Early Pocket CalculatorsEarly Pocket Calculators