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RECORD NUMBER: 66 OF 128| Main Title | Inside the IBM PC and PS/2 | ||||||||||||
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| Author | Norton, Peter | ||||||||||||
| Publisher | Brady Pub., | ||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1991 | ||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 24430121 | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | 0134656342 : | ||||||||||||
| Subjects | IBM microcomputers ; IBM Personal System/2 (Computer system) | ||||||||||||
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| Edition | 4th ed. | ||||||||||||
| Collation | xvii, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | ||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes index. |
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| Contents Notes | Chap. 1. A family tree.--Chap. 2. Fundamentals: what is a computer?--Chap. 3. Data|--Chap. 4. The PC character set.--Chap. 5. Hardware: the parts of the PC.--Chap. 6. Brains: the processors.--Chap. 7. The memory workbench.--Chap. 8. Disks: the basic story.--Chap. 9. Disks: the DOS perspective.--Chap. 10. Disks: more details.--Chap. 11. Video: an on-screen overview.--Chap. 12. Video: text fundamentals.--Chap. 13. Video: graphics fundamentals. Chap. 14. Keyboard magic.--Chap. 15. Other parts: printers, communication, and sound.--Chap. 16. Built-in BIOS: the basic ideas.--Chap. 17. Built-in BIOS: digging in.--Chap. 18. The role of DOS.--Chap. 19. DOS serving us.--Chap. 20. How DOS serves programs.--Chap. 21. How programs are built.--Chp. 22. Exploring and tinkering.--App. A. BASICA/GWBASIC program listings.--APP. B. QBasic program listings.--App. C. Narrative glossary.--App. D. How IBM developed the personal computer. |