This is the completely revised and updated fourth edition of this bestselling and award-winning title. It is an essential resource for the relative newcomer to the field looking for expert advice on the basics, or for a systems engineer/ hardware engineer looking for a detailed explanation that can't be found elsewhere. The scope of the book is unparalleled and this edition has been competely updated with a new chapter on Pentium 2 and MMX technologies, and the entire text has been updated, with outdated material deleted and every chapter brought right up to date.
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'An excellent reference ...especially useful for fleshing out those hazy areas where real information is all too-often, obscured by buzzwords and jargon' PC Magazine UK 'It certainly contains a treasure trove of technical facts.' Jeff Scott, Golden Gate Computer Society 'I have compared this book with others and in my humble opinion The Indispensable PC Hardware Book is superior in every way...you'll definitely feel more comfortable knowing its sitting on your shelf waiting for you should a crisis arise' Bonnie D Raymond, Central Maryland Microcomputer Users Group (CMMUG) 'It is massive, meticulous and technical...it represents a monumental achievement for a single author'. Jon Vogler, Unix News
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This review is from: The Indispensable PC Hardware Book (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
Hands down, this hulking book is the best in its class. It expansively covers CPUs (from the 8088 to Pentium Pro), Floppy Drives, AT bus, PCI, and Hard Disk Drives (MFM, RLL, ESDI, IDE, SCSI), PCMCIA, and just about everything you would ever want to know about the PC hardware.Unfortunately, even a book this large must leave things out. What is not covered: USB (can fill a book of its own), AGP, DMI, SMBIOS, IMPI or newer specifications. Also, portions of the book are geared towards explaining a technology rather than giving hard details about using it. Still, it is the best overall book I have found on the PC in a while.
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You do, of course, need some extensive background on assembly language and basic knowledge computer architecture. If you have that, you'll be treated to quite a wide scope of material. This text is very clear, and the welth of information is staggering. From all Intel chips (alomst all, rather) to chipsets, to support chips to storage hardware. I have just this one book (in addition to some manuals from Intel) and I never needed any more sources.Also, if you need even more info, you can supplement the book with free manuals from Intel.
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This review is from: The Indispensable PC Hardware Book (3rd Edition) (Paperback)
excellent book, later editions better first edition, 10/1993, 985pp ISBN: 0201624249 second edition, 3/1995, 1344pp ISBN: 0201876973 third edition, 7/1997, 1384pp, ISBN: 0201403994 third edition, 5/2000, 1408pp, ISBN: 0201403994 <- current fourth edition, 1/2002, to be published, ISBN: 0201596164
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