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The indispensable PC hardware book : your hardware questions answered / Hans-Peter Messmer.

By: Messmer, Hans-Peter.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow, Essex : Addison-Wesley, 1997Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xxiv, 1384 p. : ill ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0201403994.Contained works: Messmer, Hans-Peter. PC-Handwarebuch. English.Subject(s): Computer input-output equipment | MicrocomputersDDC classification: 004.165
Contents:
Part 1: Basics -- Main Components -- Part 2: Processor and Memory -- Intel's Microprocessor for Beginners - The i386 -- Logical memory addressing and memory access -- Physical memory addressing and memory access -- Basics: Logic gates and microprogramming - two basic elements of a processor -- Calculating Semiconductor - The i387 Mathematical Coprocessor -- i386 Processor Derivatives -- Caching - Cooperation with High Speed Memories -- Performance Enhancement - The i486 -- i486 Cut-down versions, overdrives, upgrades and clones -- Borrowing from the RISC World - The Superscalar Pentium -- Cyrix 6x86 - The P51/2 -- Krypton for AMD - The 5k86 -- Pure 32-bit technology - The pentium pro -- Compatibility downwards - The 80286 -- The 80287 - Mathematical Assistant in Protected Mode -- Everything began with the Ancestor 8086 -- Our mathematical grandmother - The MathCo 8087 -- Memory Chips -- Part 3: Personal Computer Architectures and Bus systems -- The 8-bit PC/XT Architecture -- 16-bit AT Architecture -- 32-bit EISA Architecture - Evolution -- 32-bit Microchannel - Revolution -- 32 bits and more - The PCI local Bus -- VESA local Bus VLB -- Part 4: Support Chips - Nothing runs without us -- Hardware interrupts and the 8259A Programmable Interrupt Controller -- 8253/8254 Programmable Interval Timer -- DMA Chip 8237A - A detour highway in the PC -- Other peripheral chips and components -- Part 5: Mass storage -- Floppies and Floppy Drives -- Hard Disk Drives -- Part 6: External and peripherals -- Interfaces - Connection to the outside world -- Local Area Networks and Network Adapters -- Keyboards and Mice -- Graphics Adapters -- Multimedia.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'I have compared this book with others and in my humble opinion The Indispensable PC Hardware Book is superior in every way...you'll definitely feel more comfortable knowing its sitting on your shelf waiting for you should a crisis arise'
Bonnie D Raymond, Central Maryland Microcomputer Users Group (CMMUG)
Now fully up to date and even more comprehensive than before this latest edition of The Indispensable PC Hardware Book will continue to amaze and delight with its detailed explanation of every aspect of PC Hardware. Whether you're a newcomer to the field or a veteran systems programmer you'll relish the very latest scoop on hot topics including Pentium Pro, the PCI Chipset and SCSI III.


Detailed explanation of core hardware topics including:all CPUs; 8086/88 to Pentium and Pentium Pro all co-processors; 8087 to i387 AMD processors:Am386 to AM5k86; Cyrix CPUs:386 to 6x86 real, protected and virtual 8086 mode with Pentium enhancements addressing, segmentation and paging extended and expanded memory ports, registers and I/O address space BIOS and register programming ST412/506, AT-Bus, IDE, DI, SCSI I/II/III interrupts, exceptions and NMI RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memories page mode, static, statics column mode, serial mode, memory interleaving. Unique coverage of upgrades and clones, overdrives and SLs. PC architectures from XT via ISA, EISA, MCA to VLB and PCI. Mass storage and interfaces; parallel, serial and PCMCIA. Multimedia, concepts and programming of sound cards. Extensive appendices to provide you with a lasting programming reference.

Previous ed.: 1995.
Includes index.

Part 1: Basics -- Main Components -- Part 2: Processor and Memory -- Intel's Microprocessor for Beginners - The i386 -- Logical memory addressing and memory access -- Physical memory addressing and memory access -- Basics: Logic gates and microprogramming - two basic elements of a processor -- Calculating Semiconductor - The i387 Mathematical Coprocessor -- i386 Processor Derivatives -- Caching - Cooperation with High Speed Memories -- Performance Enhancement - The i486 -- i486 Cut-down versions, overdrives, upgrades and clones -- Borrowing from the RISC World - The Superscalar Pentium -- Cyrix 6x86 - The P51/2 -- Krypton for AMD - The 5k86 -- Pure 32-bit technology - The pentium pro -- Compatibility downwards - The 80286 -- The 80287 - Mathematical Assistant in Protected Mode -- Everything began with the Ancestor 8086 -- Our mathematical grandmother - The MathCo 8087 -- Memory Chips -- Part 3: Personal Computer Architectures and Bus systems -- The 8-bit PC/XT Architecture -- 16-bit AT Architecture -- 32-bit EISA Architecture - Evolution -- 32-bit Microchannel - Revolution -- 32 bits and more - The PCI local Bus -- VESA local Bus VLB -- Part 4: Support Chips - Nothing runs without us -- Hardware interrupts and the 8259A Programmable Interrupt Controller -- 8253/8254 Programmable Interval Timer -- DMA Chip 8237A - A detour highway in the PC -- Other peripheral chips and components -- Part 5: Mass storage -- Floppies and Floppy Drives -- Hard Disk Drives -- Part 6: External and peripherals -- Interfaces - Connection to the outside world -- Local Area Networks and Network Adapters -- Keyboards and Mice -- Graphics Adapters -- Multimedia.

Translation of: PC-Handwarebuch.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Basics (p. 1)
  • 1 The main components of a PC (p. 1)
  • Part 2 The PC's microprocessors (p. 53)
  • 2 Introduction to microprocessor technology (p. 53)
  • 3 Everything began with the ancestor 8086 (p. 69)
  • 4 Downwards compatibility - the 80286 (p. 82)
  • 5 Introduction to the world of 32-bit computing - the 80386 (p. 94)
  • 6 Programing and operating types (p. 128)
  • 7 Quick buffering: caching (p. 184)
  • 8 All in one - the i486 (p. 201)
  • 9 Coprocessors and 386/486 CPU clones (p. 246)
  • 10 The Pentium (p. 288)
  • 11 Pentium-compatible microprocessors (p. 365)
  • 12 Pure 32-bit technology - the Pentium Pro (p. 405)
  • 13 Pentium II, Pentium III, and Celeron (p. 455)
  • 14 The Athlon (p. 473)
  • Part 3 Memory, chipsets, and support chips (p. 491)
  • 15 Memory chips: the computer's memory (p. 491)
  • 16 Chipsets (p. 533)
  • 17 Hardware interrupts and DMA (p. 557)
  • 18 CMOS RAM and realtime clock (p. 602)
  • 19 The timer and other peripheral chips (p. 614)
  • Part 4 Personal computer architectures and bus systems (p. 635)
  • 20 The 8-bit PC/XT architecture (p. 635)
  • 21 16-bit architecture (p. 647)
  • 22 EISA architecture (p. 662)
  • 23 Microchannel (p. 682)
  • 24 The VESA local bus (VLB) (p. 701)
  • 25 The PCI bus (p. 715)
  • 26 ISA PlugandPlay (p. 773)
  • 27 Accelerated graphics port and 3-D graphics (p. 786)
  • Part 5 Mass storage and its interfaces (p. 802)
  • 28 Floppies and floppy drives (p. 802)
  • 29 Hard disks (p. 871)
  • 30 SCSI (p. 911)
  • 31 Optical mass storage (p. 935)
  • Part 6 External and peripheral devices (p. 949)
  • 32 The parallel port (p. 949)
  • 33 The serial port (p. 968)
  • 34 The keyboard, mouse, and joystick (p. 1004)
  • 35 Universal serial bus (p. 1038)
  • 36 Local networks (p. 1043)
  • 37 Graphics adapters (p. 1058)
  • Appendices (p. 1117)
  • A ASCII and scan codes (p. 1117)
  • B Interrupts and DMA (p. 1124)
  • C Accessing ports (p. 1128)
  • D Access to keyboard and mouse (p. 1136)
  • E The commands of the (E)IDE interface (ATA) (p. 1152)
  • F SCSI Commands (p. 1169)
  • G Glossary (p. 1215)
  • Index (p. 1265)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Hans-Peter Messmer is a physicist who for many years has worked as a freelance consultant in the hardware and software industries. He owns a software house in Quito, Ecuador.



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