Subj : Interrupts
To   : Vitus Jensen
From : Murray Lesser
Date : Sun May 27 2001 09:00 am

(Vitus Jensen wrote to Murray Lesser on 05-27-01, topic: "Interrupts")

Hi Vitus--

 ML>     I have an old (vintage 1987) book by Stephen P. Morse, Eric J.
 ML> Isaacson, and Douglas J. Alpert:  "The 80386/387 Architecture" [ISBN
 ML> 0-471-85352-0012].  Morse was the architect of the 80386.  I imagine
 ML> that this book is now out of print.  You might be able to find it in
 ML> a secondhand bookstore, or on some Web bookstore site (avoid
 ML> amazon.com except as a last resort; they charge entirely too much for
 ML> out-of-print books.  bibliofind.com now belongs to amazon.com, so
 ML> they, too, are useless.  Try ABEbooks.com.  There may be others.)
  >...

VJ>Is this book black?  I'm just asking because two of my friends had
  >really good books about the 80286 while I had -- well, a 
  >reasonable book about 8086 and that short one.

    No, IIRC the "black books" were reference manuals published by
Intel.  This book has a blue cover, and was published by John Wiley &
Sons.  I have found (in general) that well-written explanatory texts by
people who really know the subject are more useful than are the vendors'
reference manuals--in spite of the fact that I have learned most of the
programming languages I know from compiler vendors' reference manuals.
The better texts tell you "why" as well as "what" and "how."

VJ>Anyway, I trusted your words and ordered "The 80386/387 
  >Architecture" from ABEbooks.com.  It's only 12$, so no big 
  >deal.  Oh yes, handling and shipping adds ~8$, delivery 
  >will take 1-2 months. :-/

    The original price, as given on the cover of my copy, was $24.95, so
it appears that you have done very well :-).  I guess they are shipping
surface rather than by air.  Oh well, you have waited this long so a
little longer shouldn't hurt much.  I hope you find that the book meets
your requirements.

    Regards,

        --Murray
<Team PL/I>
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