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The Peter Norton programmer's guide to the IBM® PC : the ultimate reference guide to the entire family of IBM® personal computers

Title
The Peter Norton programmer's guide to the IBM® PC : the ultimate reference guide to the entire family of IBM® personal computers / Peter Norton.
Author
Norton, Peter, 1943-
Publication
  • Redmond, Wash. : Microsoft Press, [1985]
  • ©1985.

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Description
xii, 426 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
If you're an intermediate or advanced programmer, you know the value of developing programs for one IBM machine that will port to the others, even any future IBM machines. Peter Norton, creator of "Norton Utilities" give you the information you need to just this. Insights, techniques, technical data, quick reference charts enable you to look at the architectural similarities and differences among IBM's five personal computers. With this information, simple, clean, and portable professional and business programs are attainable.
Alternative Title
  • Programmers' guide to the IBM PC
  • Ultimate reference guide to the entire family of IBM® personal computers
Subject
  • PC-DOS (Computer file)
  • Basic input-output systems
  • Operating systems (Computers)
  • IBM Personal Computer > Programming
  • IBM Personal Computer
  • operating systems
  • Ordinateurs personnels
  • IBM Personal Computer
  • Basic input-output systems
  • IBM Personal Computer > Programming
  • IBM PC
  • Programmierung
  • Circuitos (Hardware)
  • Microcomputadores
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes index.
Contents
Anatomy of the PC -- The ins and outs -- The ROM software -- Video basics -- Disk basics -- Keyboard basics -- Sound generation -- ROM-BIOS basics -- ROM-BIOS video services -- ROM-BIOS diskette services -- ROM-BIOS keyboard services -- Miscellaneous services -- ROM-BIOS service summary -- DOS basics -- DOS interrupts -- Universal DOS functions -- New DOS functions -- DOS service summary -- Program building -- Programming languages -- Appendix A. Installable device drivers -- Appendix B. Hexadecimal arithmetic -- Appendix C. About characters.
ISBN
  • 0914845462
  • 9780914845461
  • 0140871446
  • 9780140871449
LCCN
85008872
OCLC
  • ocm12081795
  • 12081795
  • SCSB-647052
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library