Understanding Personal Computer Hardware: Everything you need to know to be an informed · PC User · PC Buyer · PC Upgrader
Author:   Steven Roman
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1998 ed.
ISBN:  

9780387985312


Pages:   440
Publication Date:   31 July 1998
Format:   Paperback
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Understanding Personal Computer Hardware: Everything you need to know to be an informed · PC User · PC Buyer · PC Upgrader


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Written for those who are not computer or electrical engineers, this text is for those who want enough information to make intelligent buying or upgrading decisions, maximize their productivity, and become less dependant on others for help. It provides a thorough but concise description of the entire IBM-type PC, including its subsystems, components and peripherals, concentrating on PCs based on the Pentium and Pentium Pro class processors. There are easy experiments included.

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Author:   Steven Roman
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1998 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.876kg
ISBN:  

9780387985312


ISBN 10:   038798531
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   31 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Overview.- Bits, Bytes and Words.- The PC Hierarchy.- Motherboards and Buses.- Input/Output.- PC Supporting Systems.- The Microprocessor.- Memory.- Keyboards.- Mice.- Display Monitors.- Display Adaptors.- Device Interfaces: Floppy, IDE and SCSI.- Hard Drives I: Physical Characteristics.- Hard Drives II: Logical Characteristics.- Floppy Drives.- The Parallel Interface.- Printers.- Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission.- The Serial Interface.- Models.- Optical Storage.

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