howie@voodoo.boeing.com (howie) (02/27/91)
I'm looking for a book for a friend.
Any recommendations for a beginner's book that would:
1. Introduce basic concepts, such as: what is a cpu, disk, port, etc.
2. Teach fundamental msdos commands in a friendly, systematic way.
As an alternative, I'll take two books (one for each of the above items.)
Thanks for any help,
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howie
uunet!bcstec!voodoo!howiesmsmith@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Stephen M. Smith) (02/28/91)
In article <1048@voodoo.UUCP> howie@voodoo.boeing.com (howie) writes: >Any recommendations for a beginner's book that would: > 1. Introduce basic concepts, such as: what is a cpu, disk, port, etc. Peter Norton's "Inside the IBM PC and PS/2" is very good for this (be sure to get the latest edition). He puts into a well-structured and very readable format everything you want to know about IBM's and compatibles. He even amply covers 486's. Subjects covered include cpu's, memory, coprocessors, floppies, hard disks, DOS and how it works, BIOS, monitors, ser/par ports, printers, keyboards, etc..... Whenever he begins to get really technical he sets it aside from the main chapter in sections called "Technical Background" so that you can skip it and go on if you want. > 2. Teach fundamental msdos commands in a friendly, systematic way. The best way to do this is not by reading about it but by DOING it. I suggest you simply get a good DOS reference manual which has all the DOS commands in alphabetical order and practice using the ones you know and gradually build upon those. I learned by using the university's computer as a guinea pig. ;) > howie > uunet!bcstec!voodoo!howie Stephen M. Smith \ + / <smsmith@hpuxa. \+++++/ " #*&<-[89s]*(k#$@-_=//a2$]'+=.(2_&*%>,,@ ircc.ohio-state. \ + / {7%*@,..":27g)-=,#*:.#,/6&1*.4-,l@#9:-) " edu> \ + / BTW, WYSInaWYG \ + / --witty.saying.ARC