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From: matloff@iris.ucdavis.edu (Norm Matloff)
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Subject: Re: Computer Architecture and Organization (the class)
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Date: 6 May 88 19:26:59 GMT
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In article <3183@saturn.ucsc.edu> haynes@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (Jim Haynes) writes:
>Since nobody else has mentioned it, I used the book "Introduction to
>Computer ARchitecture and Organization" by Harold Lorin (Wiley, 1982).

Very nice book!  However, it is completely qualitative and
philosophical.  Although it might make a nice supplement, as
Jim mentioned, I don't think it would work at all as a main
text.  E.g. in following up on what I said earlier, the EE
students, who are in an "implementation mindset", wouldn't
like it.

   Norm Matloff