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Apendix A: PC Architecture Information

The following sources of information can help you better understand PC architecture.

7.1

Buses

7.1.1

ISA, Standard PS/2 – Connectors

AT Bus Design: Eight and Sixteen-Bit ISA, E-ISA and EISA Design, Edward

Solari, Annabooks, 1990, ISBN 0-929392-08-6

AT IBM Technical Reference Vol. 1 & 2, 1985

ISA & EISA Theory and Operation, Edward Solari, Annabooks, 1992, ISBN

0929392159

ISA Bus Specifications and Application Notes, Jan. 30, 1990, Intel

ISA System Architecture, Third Edition, Tom Shanley and Don Anderson,

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995, ISBN 0-201-40996-8

Personal Computer Bus Standard P996, Draft D2.00, Jan. 18, 1990, IEEE Inc

Technical Reference Guide, Extended Industry Standard Architecture Expansion

Bus, Compaq 1989

7.1.2

PCI

PCI SIG

The PCI-SIG provides a forum for its ~900 member companies, who develop PCI

products based on the specifications that are created by the PCI-SIG. You can

search for information about the SIG on the Web.

PCI & PCI-X Hardware and Software Architecture & Design, Fifth Edition,

Edward Solari and George Willse, Annabooks, 2001, ISBN 0-929392-63-9.

PCI System Architecture, Tom Shanley and Don Anderson, Addison-Wesley, 2000,

ISBN 0-201-30974-2.

7.2

General PC Architecture

Embedded PCs, Markt & Technik GmbH, ISBN 3-8272-5314-4 (German)

Hardware Bible, Winn L. Rosch, SAMS, 1997, 0-672-30954-8

Interfacing to the IBM Personal Computer, Second Edition, Lewis C. Eggebrecht,

SAMS, 1990, ISBN 0-672-22722-3

The Indispensable PC Hardware Book, Hans-Peter Messmer, Addison-Wesley,

1994, ISBN 0-201-62424-9