Attempt any Eight questions.
[8*5=40]
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What is paging? Explain the concept of memory access in protected mode. [5]
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What is the importance of direct memory access? Explain the mechanism of direct memory access. [5]
6.
List different types of ports. What are the main characteristics of programmable interrupt controller 8259A? [5]
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Difference between instruction cycle and machine cycle. Draw timing diagram of MVI A, 32 H. [5]
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Write an Assembly program to reverse the given string. [5]
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Explain different types of system buses and also indicate whether they are unidirectional or bidirectional. [5]
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What is the significance of interrupt masking? Difference between vectored and polled interrupt. [5]
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Illustrate memory access in GDT. [5]
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Write short notes on: a. Jumps b. Accumulator [5]