Inside the IBM PC and PS/2

by Peter Norton

Covers files, drives, keyboards, displays, and memory, discusses new hardware and the various generations of processors up to the new 486, covers DOS commands, provides programming techniques, and more

Genres: Computers, Nonfiction, Reference

398 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Peter Norton (born November 14, 1943) is an American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. He is best known for the computer programs and books that bear his name. Norton sold his PC software business to Symantec Corporation in 1990.

Reviews

[Julian Freeman]

This was an excellent book of the time to detail exactly what is going on inside a computer. The ideas still hold true today.