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From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@in-nomine.org>
To: Srinivas <mboxindia@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Info required] PC Architecture
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-On [20081016 16:43], Srinivas (mboxindia@gmail.com) wrote:
>I have a theoretical understanding of the PC architecture and the
>details but have no idea of how things go under the hood(for a real
>computer).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0123706068/ - Computer Organization and Design: The
Hardware/Software Interface by Patterson and Hennessy

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0131485210/ - Structured Computer Organization by
Tanenbaum

That should answer most, if not all, of your questions on that subject.

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