Structured Computer Organization

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1. GrumpyYoungManDec 2024
   Vastly? I dunno about that. I was rather fond of Tanenbaum's Structured Computer Organization.
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2. rramadassJun 2024
   Every student should read Tanenbaum's "Structured Computer Organization". It was the first book which showed me the logical layering involved in a "Computer System" which is absolutely essential to understanding this field.
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3. ameliusAug 2023
   It's a bit dated but perhaps you should check out Structured Computer Organization by Andrew Tanenbaum.
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4. rramadassJun 2023
   In no particular order and off the top of my head;

   The Sherlock Holmes canonical stories - The importance of logical reasoning and brain over brawn. Instrumental in teaching me to think.

   Physics for Entertainment (and other books) by Ya. Perelman - Beauty and understanding of Science. Instrumental in giving me a lifelong interest in Science/Technology.

   Structured Computer Organization by Andrew Tanenbaum - Instrumental in teaching me the layering of abstractions by which something complex can arise from more simpler and detailed components.

   Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda and The Science of Yoga by Swami Sivananda - Instrumental in introducing me to Hindu philosophy.

   Bruce lee's fighting method (3 vols) - Instrumental in introducing me to Martial Arts and physical culture.

   The above books were the ones which sparked my interest in their respective domains decades ago (late 1980s/early 1990s in India) when books were hard to come by and money wasn't available either. When i look around today, books are so easily available and yet people have stopped reading and even seem to lack curiosity.

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5. macandoApr 2023
   Structured Computer Organization: Tanenbaum, Andrew, Austin, Todd
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6. warrenmApr 2023
   In my opinion, it's as much a "recommended read" as a lot of other so-called "classics":

   - Rapid Application Development (also by McConnell)

   - Soul of a New Machine by Kidder

   - Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks

   - Programming Pearls by John Bentley

   - Applied Cryptography (2e) by Bruce Schneier

   - The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stohl

   - Structured Computer Organization by Tanenbaum & Todd

   - Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Gamma, Helm, etc

   - A New Kind of Science by Wolfram

   And many more could be added to this list

   Sure, some of them use acronyms or reference technology that you've either never heard of or has been supplanted

   But you could [nearly] do a find-and-replace on those "outdated" terms with a "current" term, and the books would [effectively] be up-to-date

   Don't get hung-up on specific examples - they're just there to illustrate the problem domain

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