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_posts/2014-08-01-pc-tech-journal-1987.md
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As part of an ongoing effort to make classic PC technical literature more accessible, I just finished
scanning and posting the 12 issues of [PC Tech Journal](/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/) from 1987.
![PC Tech Journal, Jan 1987](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/PCTJ-1987-01/thumbs/PCTJ-1987-01 1.jpeg "link:/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/PCTJ-1987-01/:200:260")
![PC Tech Journal, Jan 1987](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/PCTJ-1987-01/thumbs/PCTJ-1987-01 1.jpeg "link:/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/PCTJ-1987-01/:200:260")
Future PC Tech Journal postings will include:

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_posts/2014-09-13-the-ibm-pc-at-alive-and-booting.md
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@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ Aside from the additional DMA Controller, other major new motherboard components
The Keyboard Controller and Real-Time Clock/CMOS components required the most tinkering to pass through the ROM BIOS
gauntlet.
For example, at one point, the BIOS ("[TEST.21](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/reference/ibm/5170/techref/1984-03/pages/IBM-5170-TECHREF 202.pdf)")
reset the keyboard ("[KBD_RESET](http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/reference/ibm/5170/techref/1984-03/pages/IBM-5170-TECHREF 212.pdf)"),
For example, at one point, the BIOS ("[TEST.21](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/reference/ibm/5170/techref/1984-03/pages/IBM-5170-TECHREF 202.pdf)")
reset the keyboard ("[KBD_RESET](http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/reference/ibm/5170/techref/1984-03/pages/IBM-5170-TECHREF 212.pdf)"),
which unmasked the keyboard IRQ and waited for an interrupt, using a loop where CX was initialized to zero and then
decremented until either CX wrapped around to zero again *or* an interrupt occurred. The "TEST.21" code then assumed
that if "KBD_RESET" returned zero in CX, no interrupt had occurred.

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_posts/2015-05-20-pc-tech-journal-collection.md
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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ however, even though it identifies itself as a 1987 issue, the editorial index o
October 1986, so "technically" it should be considered a late 1986 issue. It is officially Vol. 4, No. 13, which,
numerically, puts it squarely between the December 1986 and January 1987 issues.
[<img src="http://static.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/PCTJ-1983-07/thumbs/PCTJ-1983-07 1.jpeg" width="200" height="260" alt="PC Tech Journal, July-August 1983"/>](/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/)
[<img src="http://archive.pcjs.org/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/PCTJ-1983-07/thumbs/PCTJ-1983-07 1.jpeg" width="200" height="260" alt="PC Tech Journal, July-August 1983"/>](/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/)
Happy reading!