Messmer, Hans-Peter <br/><br/>
The indispensable PC hardware book :  your hardware questions answered / 
Hans-Peter Messmer 
 - Second Edition. 
 - Wokingham, GB :  Addison-Wesley Pub. Co,  c1995. 
 - xxiv, 1311 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 -  Volume 1 .
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. Basics --<br/>Part 2. Processor and memory --<br/>Part 3. Personal computer architectures and bus systems --<br/>Part 4. Support chips-nothing runs without us --<br/>Part 5. Mass storage --<br/>Part 6. Externals and peripherals. 
<br/><br/> This work explains core hardware topics including CPUs, co-processors, real, protected and virtual 8086 mode with Pentium enhancements, expanded memory, interrupts, exceptions, NMI and more. It is aimed at hardware and software engineers, system integrators, maintenance and support engineers. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>COMPUTER INPUT-OUTPUT EQUIPMENT<br/>MICROCOMPUTERS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TK 7887.5 .M47 1995