Overview
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.Key Features:
- 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
A self-contained reference packed with information about the various components of a PC. It provides programmers and design engineers with a detailed explanation of how all the different elements of a PC work individually and how they influence one another. Includes advice on everything from the basics into the internals of the machine.