A high-level overview of the major parts of a computer and the basic functions of Operating Systems.

Apologies for the appalling sound quality. I'm working on it and hope to have this fixed before posting Episode 2.

MP3: http://www.archive.org/download/PeteFordGeekToGuruEpisode1/Ep1.mp3

Topics covered:

• CPU;
  
• RAM and ROM;
  
• Hard Disks;
  
• OS Resource Management and User Interface.

Next episode due approx. Feb 11.