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17-Comp-A2, Digital Systems Design — National Exams, December 2018. Closed-book, 3 hours; six 20-mark questions, FIVE constitute a complete exam (all six answered below as a complete study resource).
Reference texts: Mano & Ciletti, Digital Design, 6th ed. — PAL/PLA implementation, Variable-Entered-Map minimization, synchronous counter design, and memory/interfacing, covering Questions 1–5; Patterson & Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design, 6th ed. — interrupt-driven I/O, covering Question 6.
