EE 7725 Interconnection Networks - FAQ

Should I take this course?

Yes.

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How do I get copies of the slides presented in class?

Copies of the slides are available in office and via the Internet (see http://www.ee.lsu.edu/ee7725/ln97.html). The Internet copies are in two forms, HTML which can be displayed by any web browser and gzipped PostScript, which can be displayed or printed from any web browser on a properly configured system. Most Unix systems are properly configured. The HTML-formated slides are a rough translation (of the T_EX dvi format) and so mathematics will not come out properly (some symbols might be missing) and illustrations will not show at all.

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I am using a web browser on a primitive, poorly configured system and so compressed PostScript files are not automatically piped through a decompression program to a PostScript previewer. I promise I will set my system up so it can do all this, but for now how do I print the PostScript files?

To print the files you will need a decompression program and a PostScript printer. The Gnu Zip program can decompress the files, it's available for Unix, Win32 (Windows 95 and Windows NT), and DOS. To print the slides:

• Download the file to your system. Call the file name "hw01.ps.gz".
• Decompress the file using the command: "gunzip hw01.ps" or "gzip -d hw01.ps".
• Send the uncompressed file, hw01.ps, to a PostScript printer using the command for your operating system. These should work but haven't been tested: Unix, "lpr -Pprintername hw01.ps"; DOS, Windows 3.1, and Windows95, "copy hw01.ps prn:".

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I am thinking about dropping the course. What grade would I receive if I stay in?

My deal with the fortune tellers: I don't predict the future, they don't teach EE.

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I received the highest B in the class. Can you change my grade to an A?

No.

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