🚀 go-pugleaf

jkatz@netcom.com (Joseph Katz) writes:

Yes, the first edition was an extremely helpful book.  I wore the covers
off my copy when I had it at my last job.  I coudln't remember the title
of the thing or I would have told the original questioner about it.
"That beige/brown/yellow book with a pc on the front" just doesn't do
for a description... :)

There's a lot more in that book than just DMA, it covers about
everything to do with the hardware.  Recommended for anyone doing
anything beyond rudimentary i/o work with a PC.

>I've seen a few postings over the past few days requesting info on how to
>program the PC's DMA and interrupt hardware.  A good book to check out (in
>fact the only book I've found so far) is Lewis Eggebrecht's "Interfacing to
>the IBM Personal Computer".  It is a SAMS book, ISBN 0-672-22722-3, costs
>about $25.00.  Be sure to get the second edition as it covers the AT and
>PS/2 lines as well as the XT.

>Should anyone know of other sources, please post to this newsgroup.  I
>believe that the info would be of general interest.

>As an interesting sidenote, I believe that Eggebrecht is now head of
>engineering at Commodore-Amiga.

>--Joe Katz
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Joi Ellis                      msjle@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu
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