PC intern : the encyclopedia of system: programming / Michael Tischer.

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System programming basics
System programming in practice
The BIOS
A closer look al video cards
The interrupt controller
The DMA controller
Serial ports
The parallel port
Keyboard programming
Joysticks
Mouse programming
Memory expansion
Sound on your PC
Diskettes and hard drives
Accessing and programming the AT realtime clock
System configuration and processor types
The DOS files system
Internal structure of DOS
COM and EXE programs
Character input and output from DOS
File management in DOS
Accessing DOS directories
RAM management
The EXEC function
And critical error interrupts
Device managers
The multiplexer
Network programming
DOS and Windows
Maintaining compatibility
Undocumented DOS structures
An introduction to DOS 6.x
Terminate and stay resident programs
Protected mode, DOS extensions, DPMI/CPI
CD-ROM and its technology
Sound blaster and compatible cards
Processes, threads and multitasking
Virtual memory management
DDLs
Common controls
OLE
Working with the shell
A closer look at the registry