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PC Hardware

Explore the fundamentals of PC hardware in this comprehensive guide by John R. Durrett. Learn why PCs are ubiquitous, powerful, and adaptable for various applications. Dive into critical components like motherboards, CPUs (including Intel and AMD), buses, and memory types (ROM, RAM, and more). Discover external storage solutions such as IDE, SCSI, and RAID, as well as video and audio standards. The guide also covers operating systems from DOS to Windows and Linux, focusing on their roles in managing hardware effectively.

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PC Hardware

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  1. PC Hardware ISQS 6343 John R. Durrett

  2. Why PCs • Ubiquitous • Powerful • Adaptive to many appliations • Software • Cost • Purchase • Management • Upgrades

  3. Architecture • Motherboard • CPU • Bus • Memory • External Storage • Video • Audio • O/S

  4. Motherboard

  5. CPU • CISC • Intel 8086 - PII, AMD, etc • Speed • ALU, CU, Registers • IRQ • DMA • DMQ

  6. Bus • External connectivity • Speed • 33, 66, ?, 100 • limiting factor • Path width • ISA • EISA • PCI

  7. Memory • ROM • RAM • model • conventional (640k) • upper (384k) • extended (> 1MB) • Addressing • port == unique address within host • required for TCP • Most I/O through RAM addresses

  8. External Storage • IDE & EIDE • SCSI • RAID • FAT, FAT32, NTFS, etc.

  9. Video • Standards • Monitors • Cards • Acceleration • MMX • 3D

  10. Audio • Games • Online • Telephony

  11. O/S • DOS • Windoze • 3.? • 95 & 98 • NT • Un*x • including Linux • O/S2

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