Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.165
EAN: 9780071346986
ISBN: 0071346988
Label: Computing Mcgraw-Hill
Manufacturer: Computing Mcgraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 324
Publication Date: May 20, 1999
Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill
Sales Rank: 2769911
Studio: Computing Mcgraw-Hill
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Rating:  - The IRQ Book: High-Octane Title, Low-Power Engine
Reading the synopsis and the reviews led me to believe that I had found a good trouble-shooting guide with detailed technical information. In reality it ended up being little more than a collection of rehashed information available almost anywhere. Granted the information is compiled so one does not have to run around finding it. In fact it reminded me of an old Peter Norton guide for the PC, structure, content and all, which was also of doubtful usefulness at the time. It also covers the same ... Read More
Rating:  - Good Reference Material
The IRQ book, by Kate Chase, is written as a reference guide that covers what system interrupts are and how they interact with various hardware devices. The book also covers DMA channels and I/O address ranges, and gives troubleshooting advice for several hardware related issues.
Although this book is not as comprehensive as some other hardware books, it is easy to read, relatively inexpensive, and is written at a reasonable technical level.
The book is becoming outdated now, ... Read More
Rating: - Wait for the next edition!
This is a book which does not, as yet, live up to its considerable promise.
Much of the Author's information dealing with Winnt 4.0 seems to be based upon some version which certainly isn't the one that I have!
Example: she talks about the NT Device Manager fairly frequently. Huh? No such beast in my machine!
The number of times the illustrative figures do not show what they are supposed to is shocking and annoying. ( probably McGraw's fault, but that doesn't help ... Read More
Rating:  - very helpful
Today's computers all seem to be pnp..even so half the devices came out after 98 was released so Kate's book will help the computer installer with some of the most common problems we are all are seeing today.untill computer makers and hardware makers send microsoft the devices drivers on time.. we are all needing a bit of help Great Book ..enjoyed it alot
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