Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130165689 ISBN 13: 9780130165688

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2000

For microprocessor courses teaching the 80x86 family.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 students 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, its oversized pages delve into dozens of related subjects, including DOS memory map, BIOS, microprocessor architecture, supporting chips, buses, interfacing techniques, system programming, memory hierarchy, DOS memory management, tables of instruction timings, hard disk characteristics, and more.

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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. It uses the Debug utility to show what action the instruction performs, then provides a sample program to show its application. Covers all of the x86 microprocessors, from the 8088 to the Pentium Pro. Combines assembly and C programming early on. Introduces the x86 instructions with examples of how they are used, and covers 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit programming of x86 microprocessors. For anyone interested in computers and the 80x86 computer family.