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Date	Due/In Class	Topics	Readings
Sept. 10th		Class Outline
Sept. 12th		#1: Introduction	Chap. 1
Sept. 17th		#2: Using the Operating System, Lab 1 introduction	Chap. 2
Sept. 19th		#3: Operating System Organization (Glenn)	Chap. 3
Sept. 24th		#4: Computer Organization	Chap. 4
Sept. 26th	<a href="q1-sol.pdf"></a>	#5: Device Management	Chap. 5
Oct. 1st	Lab 1<a href="labs/lab1-sol.txt"></a>	#6: Memory Management <a href="labs/lab2.pdf">Lab 2</a> introduction <a href="labs/lab2.tar.gz">(PDF + source code)</a>	Chap. 11
Oct. 3rd		#7: Basic Synchronization Principles<a href="labs/lab2.tar.gz"></a>	Chap. 8
Oct. 8th		Thanksgiving	<a href="http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html">Neal Stephenson, "In the Beginning was the Command Line."</a> Prettier version <a href="http://www.csn.ul.ie/%7Ecaolan/Texts/stephenson.html">here</a>.  (optional)
Oct. 10th		#8: High-level Synchronization and IPC	Chap. 9
Oct. 15th	Lab 2	Test 1 Review
Oct. 17th	Test 1
Oct. 22nd		#9: Scheduling Lab 3 introduction <a href="labs/lab3.pdf">[PDF]</a> <a href="http://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/lab3/">[Files]</a>	Chap. 7
Oct. 24th		#10: Deadlock	Chap. 10
Oct. 29th	Paper Outline	#11: Implementing Processes, Threads, and Resources<a href="http://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/lab3/"></a>	Chap. 6
Oct. 31st		#12: Virtual Memory	Chap. 12
Nov. 5th	Lab 3	#13: File Management Lab 4 introduction <a href="labs/lab4.pdf">[PDF]</a> <a href="labs/comp3000-lab4.patch">[Patch]</a>	Chap. 13
Nov. 7th	<a href="labs/lab3-sol.pdf"></a>	#14: Protection and Security	Chap. 14
Nov. 12th	<a href="q3-sol.pdf"></a>	#15: Networks<a href="labs/comp3000-lab4.patch"></a>	Chap. 15
Nov. 14th		#16: Remote Files	Chap. 16
Nov. 19th		#17: Networks 2
Nov. 21nd		#18: Security 2
Nov. 26th	Lab 4	Test 2 Review
Nov. 28th	<a href="q4-sol.pdf"></a>Test 2		Chap. 17
Dec. 3rd	Paper Final Draft	#21: The Future of Operating Systems