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Article #41477Re: Info on display hardware wanted
From: Bill Zech
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 01:49
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1990 01:49
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In article <311@lennon.austek.oz>, chomes@lennon.austek.oz (Charles Homes) writes: .> Some good books on IBM PC graphics are; .> .> Programmer's Guide to PC and PS/2 Video Systems. .> Richard Wilton .> Microsoft Press .> .> Programmer's Guide to the EGA and VGA Cards. .> Richard F. Ferraro .> Adison-Wesley .> .> I prefer the first, but I recomend both texts. I have both books, and I have found MANY typographical errors in Ferraro's book. Lots of sentences contradict others, mention wrong values, etc. Although the book offers lots of good information, you must read it very critcally. This book was not very well proofed. -Bill
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!apple!voder!pyramid!leadsv!zech From: zech@leadsv.UUCP (Bill Zech) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Info on display hardware wanted Summary: lots of errors in book.... Keywords: pc video display ega vga cga hercules Message-ID: <9703@leadsv.UUCP> Date: 2 Feb 90 01:49:00 GMT References: <445@hitech.ht.oz> <311@lennon.austek.oz> Organization: LOCKHEED, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 19