[quote=Hatfield][quote=ucodegen]EECE 163 was known for having students ‘camp-in’ on the lab when the University was running it on timeshare Vax11/750, Ridge Pyramid or HP Snake.[/quote]
Hmm, I don’t remember getting on the VAXen was nearly so much an issue as getting on the AT&T 3B2’s which were used for EECS 70 (assembly level programming).[/quote]I remember those POS(s). I had finished EECS 70 by the time the University brought the AT&T 3b2s in. I prefer the old TERAKs that they had when I took it. It was possible to even throw up memory directly to display – bitwise, by properly setting the GAR(Graphics Address Register). It had memory mapped display memory plus a text plane. I even got into messing with the boot-strap code.
[quote=Hatfield]There were probably 150 ppl in the class but only about 40 machines in the two labs. The second time I took that class (not kidding), I ended up changing my sleep cycle around just to be able to get a machine. I’d wake up at 3am, work in the lab till about 9am, then go to classes, study, have dinner, and then go to bed about 7pm.[/quote]Typical oversubscribed, under-supported under-grad course. The other thing I noticed is that final bits of ‘learning’ that were needed to complete the assignment were often given during the last few days before the assignment is due. It created a rush scenario where everyone was panicking to complete the assignment before due-time.
[quote=Hatfield]If I was to give one piece of advice to college students it would be time management. If you have 4 hours to spend on a project that’s worth 5% of your grade, or a midterm that’s worth 25%, spend it on the midterm. Took me a long time to figure that one out. To this day I still have a difficult time of letting go of a project that’s not complete.[/quote]
Proper time-management is important to learn, as well as prioritization. One of the difficulties I had, was letting go of an assignment that was not complete.. but very interesting to work on.
