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Jeff Parsons b54253acf9 Numerous changes to make paper tape configurations more consistent with disk configurations. This allows all devices to share the machine-wide "autoMount" configuration object, now that the PC11 has a proper device name ("PTR"), making its properties distinguishable from those for RK11 and RL11 drives (eg, "RK0", "RL0", etc). And all the tape/disk components now use "Load" functions to connect a tape or disk to a device ("Attach" is deprecated). And finally, all tape/disk components now support operations to deposit their media directly into memory -- although in this case, the names of the operations are necessarily different: "Read" for tape images, "Boot" for disk images. The difference is partly historical convention but also reflects the fact that a "Boot" operation is more limited: paper tapes were designed to be completely loaded into memory, whereas bootable disks are designed for only the first sector to be loaded and executed. Also, paper tape images are now flagged as non-auto-starting, because they often require some user action (eg, loading another tape, setting some switches, etc), whereas disk boot sectors are flagged as auto-starting (see the fStart parameter of the loadImage() interface in the RAM component).
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DOS_Internals Added useful disks from assorted programming guides 2016-03-23 12:42:18 -07:00
Graphics_for_the_IBM_PC Numerous changes to make paper tape configurations more consistent with disk configurations. This allows all devices to share the machine-wide "autoMount" configuration object, now that the PC11 has a proper device name ("PTR"), making its properties distinguishable from those for RK11 and RL11 drives (eg, "RK0", "RL0", etc). And all the tape/disk components now use "Load" functions to connect a tape or disk to a device ("Attach" is deprecated). And finally, all tape/disk components now support operations to deposit their media directly into memory -- although in this case, the names of the operations are necessarily different: "Read" for tape images, "Boot" for disk images. The difference is partly historical convention but also reflects the fact that a "Boot" operation is more limited: paper tapes were designed to be completely loaded into memory, whereas bootable disks are designed for only the first sector to be loaded and executed. Also, paper tape images are now flagged as non-auto-starting, because they often require some user action (eg, loading another tape, setting some switches, etc), whereas disk boot sectors are flagged as auto-starting (see the fStart parameter of the loadImage() interface in the RAM component). 2016-12-03 14:49:51 -08:00
The_Undocumented_PC Added useful disks from assorted programming guides 2016-03-23 12:42:18 -07:00
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Undocumented_Windows Added useful disks from assorted programming guides 2016-03-23 12:42:18 -07:00
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PC Programming Guides

The following is a list of programming guides that were useful during the development of PCjs. Additional information (errata, disks, etc) is provided where available.

  • DOS Internals by Geoff Chappell
  • Extending DOS: A Programmer's Guide to Protected-Mode DOS by Duncan, Petzold, Schulman, Baker, Nelson, Davis, Moote
  • Graphics for the IBM PC by Dan Illowsky and Michael Abrash
  • Graphics Programming Black Book by Michael Abrash
  • PC Magazine Programmer's Technical Reference: The Processor and Coprocessor by Robert L. Hummel
  • Programmer's Guide to the EGA, VGA, and Super VGA Cards (3rd Edition) by Richard F. Ferraro
  • Programming the 8086 and 8088 by James W. Coffron
  • Programming the 80386 by John H. Crawford and Patrick P. Gelsinger
  • The 8086 Book by Russell Rector and George Alexy
  • The Zen of Assembly Language by Michael Abrash
  • The Undocumented PC (2nd Edition) by Frank van Gilluwe
  • Undocumented DOS (2nd Edition) by Schulman, Brown, Maxey, Michels, Kyle
  • Undocumented Windows (Covers Windows 3.1 and 3.0) by Schulman, Maxey, Pietrek

The 8086 Book Graphics for the IBM PC