12 Appendix B: PC Architecture Information
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The following sources of information can help you better understand PC architecture.
12.1 Buses
12.1.1 ISA, Standard PS/2 – Connectors
® AT Bus Design: Eight and Sixteen-Bit ISA, E-ISA and EISA Design, Edward Solari,
Annabooks, 1990, ISBN 0-929392-08-6
® AT IBM Technical Reference Vol 1&2, 1985
® ISA & EISA Theory and Operation, Edward Solari, Annabooks, 1992, ISBN
0929392159
® ISA Bus Specifications and Application Notes, Jan. 30, 1990, Intel
® ISA System Architecture, Third Edition, Tom Shanley and Don Anderson, Addison-
Wesley Publishing Company, 1995, ISBN 0-201-40996-8
® Personal Computer Bus Standard P996, Draft D2.00, Jan. 18, 1990, IEEE Inc
® Technical Reference Guide, Extended Industry Standard Architecture Expansion Bus,
Compaq 1989
12.1.2 PCI/104
® Embedded PC 104 Consortium
® The consortium provides information about PC/104 and PC/104-Plus technology. You
can search for information about the consortium on the Web.
® PCI SIG
® The PCI-SIG provides a forum for its ~900 member companies, who develop PCI
products based on the specifications that are created by the PCI-SIG. You can search
for information about the SIG on the Web.
® PCI & PCI-X Hardware and Software Architecture & Design, Fifth Edition, Edward
Solari and George Willse, Annabooks, 2001, ISBN 0-929392-63-9.
® PCI System Architecture, Tom Shanley and Don Anderson, Addison-Wesley, 2000,
ISBN 0-201-30974-2.
12.1.3 General PC Architecture
® Embedded PCs, Markt&Technik GmbH, ISBN 3-8272-5314-4 (German)
® Hardware Bible, Winn L. Rosch, SAMS, 1997, 0-672-30954-8
® Interfacing to the IBM Personal Computer, Second Edition, Lewis C. Eggebrecht,
SAMS, 1990, ISBN 0-672-22722-3
® The Indispensable PC Hardware Book, Hans-Peter Messmer, Addison-Wesley, 1994,
ISBN 0-201-62424-9