Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!rex!uflorida!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!sun13!hudgens From: hudgens@sun13.scri.fsu.edu (Jim Hudgens) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Re: Frequently asked questions ? Message-ID: <2040@sun13.scri.fsu.edu> Date: 30 Jan 91 00:11:07 GMT References: Organization: SCRI, Florida State University Lines: 36 In article otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela) writes: >3. Where can I find information on programming the VGA/serial ports etc. ? > [mentions interrupt list] > >Here is a collection of common hardware/software/hardware-oriented books: > >Author Book >Peter Norton & ? Peter Norton's Guide to the PC >Winn Rosch Winn Rosch's Hardware Bible >Forester ? The Programmer's guide to EGA and VGA ? >? The Programmer's guide to SuperVGA ? >? The PC listbook? I would add the following two books for this area (hardware and DOS details). PC System programming, Michael Tischer, Abacus Books, 1990 PC Principles, Gunnar Forst, MIT Press, 1990 Just purchased both recently, and have been pleasantly suprised at how complete both really are. >-- > /* * * Otto J. Makela * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ > /* Phone: +358 41 613 847, BBS: +358 41 211 562 (USR HST/V.32, 24h/d) */ > /* Mail: Kauppakatu 1 B 18, SF-40100 Jyvaskyla, Finland, EUROPE */ >/* * * Computers Rule 01001111 01001011 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ -- Disclaimer: I didn't do it. Jim Hudgens Supercomputer Computations Research Institute hudgens@sun13.scri.fsu.edu