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Books for PC Techs, A+ Students & Hardware Gurus @ Giveaway Prices

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From: Ulf
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 00:00
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I have some Technical Books left over from a PC Technician
and A+ course we just finished teaching.  Since we won't be
offering the course again until Winter/Spring all left over
materials are For Sale Below our Wholesale Cost.

See all 4 titles below with descriptions of contents.
Also there are savings on Combo offers, see the end of this
message.  Note: ONLY A FEW SETS LEFT!

These Books are for people who are into
Computer Upgrade and Repair.
Essentially it is the same material as you
find in the Electrocution A+ Reference CD
(Available at http://www.electrocution.com)
but in printed form.

- All are NEW/Unused books

e-mail: ulf@problem.org or ulf_b@my-deja.com
phone:   (905) 884-2767 evenings or (416) 410-3883 days

The Hard Disk Database by Phil Croucher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Only US$3.00, $5.00 Canadian Funds each (this is 80% off retail)

A quick reference for Identifying drives at auctions or
when the CMOS battery gives up.

CMOS and Jumper Settings for over 5700 drives from 269
manufacturers.  Incorporates PC Expansion cards and Hard
drive controller cards.

Communications and Networking by Phil Croucher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Only US$3.00, $5.00 Canadian Funds each (this is 80% off retail)

Covers and Explains:
* OSI, The signal & transmission media
* Parallel/Serial, UARTs, multiplexing
* Synchronisation and distortion
* Modems and Error detection
* Switching
* RS232
* File Transfer
* Bulletin Boards, The Internet
* Networking hardware.  Types of Network -
  ArcNet, Token Ring, Ethernet.
* Performance.  Network Protocols; IX,
  TCP/IP, net.cfg file.
* Printers and maintenance

Supporting Windows by Phil Croucher
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Only US$3.00, $5.00 Canadian Funds each (this is 80% off retail)

This book is about Windows troubleshooting and is intended
for people in tech support and running help desks.  Contains
much undocumented information and tricks geared to help stop
you (and your organization) getting into trouble in the first
place!

Covers and Explains:
* The PC
* Memory and its management
* DOS
* System Configuration Files:
  config.sys  &  autoexec.bat
* Windows installation and setup
* Initialisation files
  win.ini, system.ini, program.ini, control.ini
* DOS Applications and PIFEDIT
* Communications
* Data Exchange (DDE/OLE)
* Fonts and Printing
* Automation
* Multimedia
* Problems (GPFs, etc.....)

The BIOS Companion by Phil Croucher  January 2000 version
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Only US$25.00, $37.45 Canadian Funds each

Covers and Explains:
* The PC and how it works
* Memory and its Management
* Cacheing
* Expansion Cards
* Standard CMOS Setup
* Advanced CMOS Setup
* Advanced Chipset Setup
* Power Management
* Plug and Play/PCI
* Nasty Noises (BEEP Error Codes)
* Error Messages
* POST Codes and Procedures
* Fixed Disk Parameter Tables
* Chip Set Part Number Listings
* Memory Chip Partnumber Listings
* POSTmortem POST Board Manual
* over 460 pages total

COMBO Offers:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#1 - First 3 books (Hard Disk, ComNet & Windows)
   in one order US$6.00, $10.00 Canadian Funds
   (SAVE US$3.00 or CAN$5.00 per set of 3 Books)

#2 - All 4 books (BIOS Comp., Hard Disk, ComNet, Windows)
   in one order US$30.00, $45.00 Canadian Funds
   (SAVE US$4.00 or CAN$7.45 per set of 4 Books)

For more info on these look at the following sites:

http://www.electrocution.com
http://www.sysopt.com/post.html
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/bioscomp.html

For People outside the Greater Toronto Area, here are the
estimated shipping charges:
$6.00 for up to two books with prepaid orders.
For COD orders add another $6.00.


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Subject: Books for PC Techs, A+ Students & Hardware Gurus @ Giveaway Prices
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