The indispensable PC hardware book : your hardware questions answered /
Hans-Peter Messmer
- 2nd Edition
- Wokingham, GB : Addision-Wesley Publishing Company, c1995
- xxiv, 1311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Part 1. Basics -- Part 2. Processor and Memory -- Part 3. Personal computer architectures and bus systems -- Part 4. Support chips-nothing runs without us -- Part 5. Mass storage -- Part 6. Externals and peripherals.
This work explains core hardware topics including CPUs, co-processors, real, protected and virtual 8086 mode with Pentium enhancements, expanded memory, interrupts, exceptions, NMI and more. It is aimed at hardware and software engineers, system integrators, maintenance and support engineers.