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In article <1992Aug19.093523.2245@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk> adrian@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (A Johnstone) writes:


   I'm trying to gather a comprehensive list of books and other material on the PC.
   I DON'T mean those books that tell you what a hard disk is, and how to fit an
   expansion card. I am interested in real circuit and timing information, and
   system software books that cover the details of interrupt and DMA handling. It


- Programmer's Problem Solver for the IBM PC, XT and AT, Robert Jourdain,
Brady Book, 1986 (maybe a newer edition around), ISBN 0-89303-787-7
Published by Prentice Hall Press, NY

Not much bus detail, but lots of info on timer, keyboard, video, disk,
parallel and serial port hardware resources, and software interfacing.

- AT Bus Design, Ed Solari, Annabooks, ISBN 0-929392-08-6
$69.95; Annabooks is at 619-271-9526

Bus timing and specs, all the gory details. ISA and EISA.

/ Jon Sreekanth

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