TY - BOOK AU - Mazidi,Muhammad Ali AU - Mazidi,Janice Gillispie TI - The 80x86 IBM PC & compatible computers SN - 0137585098 U1 - 004.165 MAZ 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Prentice Hall KW - Intel 80x86 series microprocessors KW - Programming KW - IBM microcomputers KW - IBM-compatible computers KW - Assembler language (Computer program language) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 967) and index N2 - "Praised by experts for its clarity and topical breadth, this visually appealing, one-stop source on PCs uses an easy-to-understand, step-by-step approach to teaching the fundamentals of 80x86 assembly language programming and PC architecture. Offering the reader a fun, hands-on learning experience, it uses the Debug utility to show what action the instruction performs, then provides a sample program to show its application. Reinforcing concepts with numerous examples and review questions, it delves into dozens of related subjects, including DOS memory map, BIOS, microprocessor memory hierarchy, DOS memory management, tables of instruction timings, hard disk characteristics, and more."--BOOK JACKET ER -