David Hergert, Miami University
Nancy Thibeault, Miami University

Published August, 1997 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

Copyright 1998, 282 pp.
Cloth Bound with Disk
ISBN 0-13-653775-8
$98.00

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Starting with the basics and then carefully and gradually progressing to more advanced levels, this book helps readers develop a solid understanding of how the PC operating system works.

The book provides a practical balance between hardware and software (with a slightly stronger focus on assembly language and emphasizes programming as a means to teach PC architecture. A Windows-based program is used to simulate a simple microprocessor.

1. Microprocessor Architecture.
2. Easy4 Programming and Architecture.
3. COM Files and DEBUG.
4. Additional 80x86 Instructions.
5. 80x86 Segmentation, .EXE Files, and Miscellaneous Instructions.
6. Linking Object Files and the .ASY Library.
7. Advanced Memory and Port I/O.
8. String Operations.
9. 80x87 Floating Point Operations.
10. Interrupts and I/O.
11. Assembly Language and C.
12. BIOS, DOS, COMMAND.COM, and the Program Segment Prefix.
13. Advanced C Memory and I/O Routines.
14. 80286/80386/80486 Instructions.
Appendix A. BIOS Interrupts.
Appendix B. DOS Interrupt Functions.
Appendix C. Memory Map.
Appendix D. Port Map.
Appendix E. 8088 Instruction Set.
Appendix F. ASCII Table.
Appendix G. The Easy4 PC Software.
Appendix H. PC Interfacing Experiments.
Index.