From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael David Crawford Subject: Re: What is this PC hardware book Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 05:21:08 -0700 Message-ID: <4A2124B4.5000806@prgmr.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Keir Fraser Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Keir Fraser wrote: > The Indispensable PC Hardware Book by Hans Peter Messmer. Yes, that's the book. The US Amazon has it for new $139.90, or used for as little as $70. It's 1200 page. > The last edition > was published in 2001 I think, and I'm not sure how up to date it was even > then. It's probably still the best all-in-one general reference for all the > bits and pieces that make up the 'legacy' PC-compatible hardware platform. > The usefulness of that is fading however, and could even lead you down the > wrong path through omission of newer superceding interfaces. Ah, thanks that's good to know. Is there a better book that's current? Or given that I actually know very little about PC hardware, would it be a good way to start, if I knew that I had to look elsewhere for current info? Mike -- Michael David Crawford mdc@prgmr.com prgmr.com - We Don't Assume You Are Stupid. Xen-Powered Virtual Private Servers: http://prgmr.com/xen