The Programmer's PC Sourcebook: Reference Tables for IBM PCs and Compatibles, PS/2 Systems, EISA-based Systems, MS-DOS Operating System Through Version 5, Microsoft Windows Through Version 3 [Paperback]

Thom Hogan (Author), Laurie Leber (Technical Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1991

This compendium of information is a computer-side reference for MS-DOS and Windows programmers. This second edition is updated and expanded to cover recent hardware releases and the latest versions of DOS and Windows. New material includes: the latest version of the Lotus/Intel/Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification; CD-ROM extensions; the PS/2 Model 70; the Hayes modem; the latest version of the Microsoft Mouse driver; 80486, 80386x, 80387 and Weitek 3167 chips; POST (Diagnostic) Error Messages and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 808 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 2 Sub edition (August 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155615321X
• ISBN-13: 978-1556153211
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,397,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For someone who needs TECHNICAL information, this is it!, November 21, 1998

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This review is from: The Programmer's PC Sourcebook: Reference Tables for IBM PCs and Compatibles, PS/2 Systems, EISA-based Systems, MS-DOS Operating System Through Version 5, Microsoft Windows Through Version 3 (Paperback)

I had seen this book listed in the back of one of my MS-DOS books, and my employer happened to have a copy of it. I took it home for the weekend and was blown away. I IMMEDIATELY bought a copy. This is much more than your average book on interrupts. He goes into some serious detail. You want to know a HUGE list of interrupts and how to use them? Need the pinouts for a PS/2 power supply? How about the pinouts with a description of EACH PIN for the 8086 up to 80486 CPU's and co-processors? It's all in here. Exhaustive list of tables, pinouts, little known secrets, listing of ROM BIOS functions, all the referencing to it, and MUCH more. This is one COMPREHENSIVE book. It was written at the time of DOS 5 and Windows 3.0, so remember, it's not new (1991), however, a HUGE amount of information still applies. Anywhere from the XT to 486, from MDA to VGA, from hard disk tables to EMS, and from expansion slot pin outs to card sizes, this book has it all. He has taken the technical information from DOZENS of books and included it in one large volume.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, concise software and hardware reference, June 24, 1997

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This review is from: The Programmer's PC Sourcebook: Reference Tables for IBM PCs and Compatibles, PS/2 Systems, EISA-based Systems, MS-DOS Operating System Through Version 5, Microsoft Windows Through Version 3 (Paperback)

I use this book whenever I need to look up details of software interrupts, cabling, connectors, backplane layout, data structures, and many more things. This book exceeds any other I have used for internals of software and hardware for the PC.