The Peter Norton Programmer S Guide To The Ibm Pc

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.

Programmers wanting to develop full-fledged programs in assembly language need this book. The more than 100,000 programmers who made the first edition an instant classic know: Norton and Socha team up to produce a primer for serious users.

Completely rewritten and reorganized, this third edition of a classic bestseller provides complete reference coverage of industry standard hardware, operating systems, program development tools, and technical details. Update includes Win 3.1 and Win NT, the new IBM and AMD BIOS, MS-DOS 6.0, Intel P5, and much more.

"Two thumbs up" —Gregory V. Wilson, Dr. Dobbs Journal (October 2004) No one can disparage the ability to write good code. At itshighest levels, it is an art. But no one can confuse writing good code with developing goodsoftware. The difference—in terms of challenges, skills, andcompensation—is immense. Coder to Developer helps you excel at the manynon-coding tasks entailed, from start to finish, in just about anysuccessful development project. What's more, it equips you with themindset and self-assurance required to pull it all together, sothat you see every piece of your work as part of a coherentprocess. Inside, you'll find plenty of technical guidance on suchtopics as: Choosing and using a source code control system Code generation tools--when and why Preventing bugs with unit testing Tracking, fixing, and learning from bugs Application activity logging Streamlining and systematizing the build process Traditional installations and alternative approaches To pull all of this together, the author has provided the sourcecode for Download Tracker, a tool for organizing your collection ofdownloaded code, that's used for examples throughout this book. Thecode is provided in various states of completion, reflecting everystage of development, so that you can dig deep into the actualprocess of building software. But you'll also develop "softer"skills, in areas such as team management, open sourcecollaboration, user and developer documentation, and intellectualproperty protection. If you want to become someone who can delivernot just good code but also a good product, this book is the placeto start. If you must build successful software projects, it'sessential reading.

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.