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Contents
Figures and Tables vii
Preface About This Note
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What This Note Contains ix
Conventions and Abbreviations x
Typographical Conventions x
Standard Abbreviations x
Other Reference Material xii
For More Information xii
Chapter 1 Introduction
1
Physical Size 3
Overview of Functional Capabilities 4
Processor Capabilities 5
Memory Capabilities 5
Video Support 5
Audio Support 6
I/O Support 6
Floppy Disk Drive 7
Hard Disk 7
Serial Ports 7
Parallel Printer Port 7
Keyboard and Mouse 7
Joystick and MIDI Devices 8
ISA Access 8
System BIOS 8
Chapter 2 Hardware Design
9
Hardware Overview 10
Hardware Features 15
Microprocessors 15
PCI System Bus and Devices 15
Bus Snooping 15
Byte Order 16
Interrupts 16
Bus Arbitration 17
Memory Controller 18
DRAM Control 18
BIOS Control 20
Clock Generation 21