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Welcome to ….
EECS 1520Computer Use: Fundamentals
or
How I learned to stop worrying and
love the computer
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
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
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
VideoVideo
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
A Short and Condensed History A Short and Condensed History of Computingof Computing
Part IPart IAncient History: up to 1930Ancient History: up to 1930
New book coming, Oct 7New book coming, Oct 7
Origins of Digital ComputersOrigins of Digital Computers
Early Calculating MachinesEarly Calculating Machines
PascalinePascaline
Jacquard Loom (1804)Jacquard Loom (1804)
Charles Babbage (1791–1871)Charles Babbage (1791–1871)
Babbage’s Difference EngineBabbage’s Difference Engine
World’s First ProgrammerWorld’s First Programmer
Legacy of BabbageLegacy of Babbage
1880-1901 The Birth of the Modern 1880-1901 The Birth of the Modern Mechanical CalculatorMechanical Calculator
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Hollerith TabulatorHollerith Tabulator
Early Pocket CalculatorsEarly Pocket Calculators