The Ibm Pc At Programmer S Guide

Clearly presents what you need to know to take complete control of the PC AT. Provides extensive information about DOS 3.0, the Intel 80286, and the PC AT BIOS - to give you all the tools you need for proficient programming. Also included is a detailed background on the IBM family of personal computers, how they differ from the AT and the Intel 8086 CPU family.

A gold mine of insights, techniques and technical data, this guide includes information on the similarities and differences among IBM's five personal computers, plus tips for programming in assembly language, BASIC, C and Pascal. An Ingram computer book bestseller for over a year.

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.

Crash course in computer numbering systems; Introduction to Assembly language programming; Using an Assembler; The 8088 instruction set; High-precision mathematics; Operating on data structures; Using the system resources; Graphics made easy; Let there be sound! Macros; Object libraries; Structured programming; 8087 math coprocessor.

This authoritative, critically acclaimed book--updated to include the new IBM PS/2 line--is a complete reference to the hardware, system software (includingOS/2), the ROM BIOS services, and the differences among the IBM family of microcomputers. A must-have for programmers and power users.

Teaches How to Create & Run Assembly Programs with the Entire Instruction Set for 8088 Microprocessor

Jourdain has written Brady's most comprehensive and insightful complete reference guide to the facts, numbers and procedures needed to achieve program control over PC hardware.