cjones@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Charlemagne II) (12/04/90)
Hello everyone, I'm looking for a book that discusses the detail of low-level programming on IBM compatible PCs. I guess something like a technical reference manual would be nice, except most of those only cover one machine (linke one for PCs, another for XTs, yet another for ATs, etc) and I want one that covers all of them, or as many as possible. It would also be nice if the book covered the important points concening writing a device driver. If a lot of response comes in on this then I will summarize. Thanks! Charles -- ============================================================================= I am the cat who walks by himself, | cjones@pikes.denver.colorado.edu and all places are alike to me. | Charles Jeffery Jones -- R. Kipling | MSCS Student
valley@uchicago (Doug Dougherty) (12/05/90)
cjones@pikes.Colorado.EDU (Charlemagne II) writes: >Hello everyone, >I'm looking for a book that discusses the detail of low-level programming >on IBM compatible PCs. I guess something like a technical reference manual >would be nice, except most of those only cover one machine (linke one for PCs, >another for XTs, yet another for ATs, etc) and I want one that covers all of >them, or as many as possible. It would also be nice if the book covered the >important points concening writing a device driver. >If a lot of response comes in on this then I will summarize. Find the TECHREF manual by Dave Jackson. It's the best. There was a version called 1029REF.ARC on GEnie a couple of years ago, I imagine there are more recent shareware versions of it available today. Or send $20 to: Dave Jackson P.O. Box 181 Jacksonville, AR 72087-0181 I did and it is well worth it. Best $20 you could ever spend. (Tell him I sent you; I may get a kickback [heh heh])