Book will continue to amaze and delight with its detailed explanation of every aspect of PC Hardware. Whether you're a newcomer to the field or a veteran systems programmer you'll relish the very latest scoop on hot topics including Pentium Pro, the PCI Chipset and SCSI III.

Key Features:

Detailed explanation of core hardware topics including:

all CPUs; 8086/88 to Pentium and Pentium Pro all co-processors; 8087 to i387 AMD processors:Am386 to AM5k86; Cyrix CPUs:386 to 6x86 real, protected and virtual 8086 mode with Pentium enhancements addressing, segmentation and paging extended and expanded memory ports, registers and I/O address space BIOS and register programming ST412/506, AT-Bus, IDE, DI, SCSI I/II/III interrupts, exceptions and NMI RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memories page mode, static, statics column mode, serial mode, memory interleaving

• Unique coverage of upgrades and clones, overdrives and SLs
• PC architectures from XT via ISA, EISA, MCA to VLB and PCI
• Mass storage and interfaces; parallel, serial and PCMCIA
• Multimedia, concepts and programming of sound cards
• Extensive appendices to provide you with a lasting programming reference