Norton, Peter

Inside the IBM PC and PS/2 / Peter Norton. - Fourth edition. - New York : Bradbury Press, c1991 - xvii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Chapter 1: A family tree -- Chapter 2: Fundamentals: What is a computer? -- Chapter 3: Data! -- Chapter 4: The PC character set -- Chapter 5: Hardware: the parts of the PC -- Chapter 6: Brains: The processors -- Chapter 7: The memory workbench -- Chapter 8: Disks: the basic story -- Chapter 9: Disks: the DOS perspective -- Chapter 10: Disks: more details

A general reference guide to the IBM microcomputer. This fourth edition has been revised and updated to cover every generation of the IBM personal computer family from the 8088 machines to the newest 486 PS/2s and DOS to version 5.X.

9789713701589


IBM MICROCOMPUTERS

QA 76.8.I2594 .N67 1991