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From: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC book recomendations
Message-ID: <6656@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 90 22:00:24 GMT
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Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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I could do everything I need with just these four books (plus the 
manuals that come with the software, of course!):

-Advanced MSDOS Programming (2nd Edition), Ray Duncan, Microsoft Press
-Programmer's Guide to PC & PS/2 Video Systems, Richard Wilton, Microsoft Press
-80386 Programmer's Reference Manual, Intel
-Technical Reference, Personal Computer AT, IBM 

Note that the 80386 manual would be something else if I used some other 
processor. The IBM manual is *required* even though I've been using clones
for many years; if I used a PS/2 I'd have the appropriate manuals for it
(including the *critical* BIOS listings!)

IMHO most of the "technical reference" books out there are junk!

Tom Almy
toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
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