"An invaluable tool and reference on ISA architecture and time reading it is time well spent. You might just end up wondering how you ever got along without it!"
-David Greenberg, Dell Computer Corporation
ISA System Architecture describes the hardware architecture of ISA (Industry Standard Architecture), providing a clear, concise explanation of an ISA system in detail. The authors provide a comprehensive treatment of the bus including:
- bus cycles
- addressing
- I/O
- RAM, ROM, and cache memory
- cache architectures
- decode and reset logic
- interrupts
- system kernel
- bus mastering
- DMA
- RTC and configuration RAM
If you design or test hardware or software that involves ISA, ISA System Architecture is an essential, time-saving tool.
The PC System Architecture Series is a crisply written and comprehensive set of guides to the most important PC hardware standards. Each title explains from a programmer's perspective the architecture, features, and operations of systems built using one particular type of chip or hardware specification.
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