From: karuottu AT freenet DOT hut DOT fi (Kai Ruottu)
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Subject: Re: Books, any of 'em good?
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 23:28:23 GMT
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On Mon, 01 Dec 1997 11:35:55 GMT, yorka AT dlc DOT fi (Atte Koivula) wrote:

>Now that I have finally managed to sum up a decent amount of cash to
>buy a cpl more books to my collection, I'd like to know if you have
>any experience or ideas concerning certain titles.
>
> I'd like to learn about general hardware stuff, ie. DMA, IRQ and PIT,
>and I'd like to get a firm grasp on DPMI. Any suggestions?

If you like 'electronic books', the free PDF-docs from Intel :

  www.intel.com/design/pentium/manuals

have a lot info about x86 architecture and programming.

The 'embedded-PC' or 'PC-in-a-chip' microcontroller (Intel 386EX, AMD
Elan and NSC 486SXL) manuals can also be helpful -- these chips have
a lot of a PC motherboard inside...

If you have a direct net connection at your local library or at
school, better to use it... These docs are about 2 - 5 Megabytes
each... And you can look if they have the docs available in a free
CDROM, so you can save hd-space...