Send patches - preferably formatted by git format-patch - to patches at archlinux32 dot org.
summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/floppy/doc/_ADVERT.TXT
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2022-09-02 09:18:52 +0200
committerAndreas Baumann <mail@andreasbaumann.cc>2022-09-02 09:18:52 +0200
commit52be99d8c0862ff87db9a4f9ccec1ac4b5f7caed (patch)
tree1a1a1c98090afd8459cc8f045f9de2d4a7cba5ab /floppy/doc/_ADVERT.TXT
parent15adaba9eaa6a98c8b55bc5c5f73c3a9e0e55e7a (diff)
added a quite unsorted first version of a floppy boot loader
Diffstat (limited to 'floppy/doc/_ADVERT.TXT')
-rw-r--r--floppy/doc/_ADVERT.TXT112
1 files changed, 112 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/floppy/doc/_ADVERT.TXT b/floppy/doc/_ADVERT.TXT
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab95220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/floppy/doc/_ADVERT.TXT
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+Warning: Blatant advertisements follow
+
+Tired of wearing out printer ribbons getting a hardcopy of the interrupt
+list? Want the list split up by subject and thoroughly indexed? Try
+
+ PC Interrupts:
+ A Programmer's Reference to BIOS, DOS, and Third-Party Calls
+ (second edition)
+ Ralf Brown and Jim Kyle
+ 1210 pages
+ Addison-Wesley
+ ISBN 0-201-62485-0
+ $39.95
+
+Corresponds to the non-networking portions of INTER36 with a few of the
+additions from INTER37.
+
+The companion book Network Interrupts corresponds to the networking
+portions of INTER37 with a few of the additions from INTER38.
+
+ Network Interrupts: A Programmer's Reference to Network APIs
+ Ralf Brown and Jim Kyle
+ 730 pages
+ Addison-Wesley 1994
+ ISBN 0-201-6644-6
+ $29.95
+
+Now (December 1994) available:
+
+ Uninterrupted Interrupts: A Programmer's CD-ROM Reference to
+ Network APIs, and to the BIOS, DOS, and Third-Party Calls
+ Ralf Brown and Jim Kyle
+ Addison-Wesley
+ ISBN 0-201-40966-6
+ $49.95
+
+CD-ROM containing the full text of both PC Interrupts (2nd ed) and
+Network Interrupts, updated to include information added through INTER42.
+
+-------
+
+PC Interrupts is now available in Chinese. I don't know the exact title
+(and couldn't reproduce it here), but it is a three-volume set which
+appears to be a straight translation of the Interrupt List, circa
+INTER26.
+
+ ISBN 957-652-272-2 (INT 00h-1Fh) 516 pages, NT$ 300
+ ISBN 957-652-271-4 (INT 20h-30h) 704 pages, NT$ 400
+ ISBN 957-652-261-7 (INT 31h-FFh) 488 pages, NT$ 280
+
+Also available in Russian.... ISBN 5-03-002989-3 (vol. 1)
+ ISBN 5-03-002990-7 (vol. 2)
+The Russian version is a translation of the first edition.
+
+-------
+
+ Undocumented DOS:
+ A Programmer's Guide to Reserved MS-DOS Functions and Data Structures
+ (second edition)
+ Andrew Schulman, Ralf Brown, David Maxey, Raymond J. Michels, and
+ Jim Kyle
+
+ 880 pages, 7-3/8" x 9-1/8"
+ Addison-Wesley
+ ISBN 0-201-63287-X
+ $44.95 (book and 1.44M disk)
+
+Includes a repackaged version of INTER36, script-based interrupt
+monitoring utility, source for a sample network redirector, discussions
+of TSRs/multitasking/networks/installable file systems/debugging,
+lots of examples, etc.
+
+Jolt Productivity Award winner, 1991 (first edition)
+
+-------
+
+Undocumented DOS (first edition) is now also available in Chinese.
+ISBN 7-302-01071-4.
+
+-------
+
+WindowBook, Inc., the folks who prepared the hypertext version for
+_Undocumented_DOS_, first edition, is tracking my releases of the
+interrupt list, and offering the WindowBook version for $39.95 ($19.95
+for updates). You can reach them at 800-524-0380 or 617-661-9515. Note
+that I have no financial interest whatsoever in WindowBook's offering,
+I'm just letting people know of value-added versions of the list.
+
+ Window Book, Inc.
+ 61 Howard Street
+ Cambridge, MA 02139
+
+-------
+
+The following books may also be of interest:
+
+ DOS Internals
+ Geoff Chappell
+ 740 pages + 1.44M disk, $39.95
+ Addison-Wesley
+ ISBN 0-201-60835-9
+
+ The Undocumented PC: A Programmer's Guide to I/O, CPUs, and
+ Fixed Memory Areas
+ Frank van Gilluwe
+ 916 pages + 1.44M disk, $44.95
+ Addison-Wesley
+ ISBN 0-201-62277-7
+
+Again, I have no financial interest in the above (though I have met both
+authors).
+