The ultimate sourcebook on interrupts for PC programmers. Now updated and expanded, PC Interrupts, 2nd Ed. includes DOS 6, Windows 3.1, Novell DOS, and other new APIs.

Covering over 25 major APIs (applications program interfaces), dozens of resident utilities, as well as BIOS and MS-DOS services, this reference provides programmers with a concise description and other essential information on each call.

A practical guide to programming for data acquisition and measurement - must-have info in just the right amount of depth for engineers who are not programming specialists. This book offers a complete guide to the programming and interfacing techniques involved in data collection and the subsequent measurement and control systems using an IBM compatible PC. It is an essential guide for electronic engineers and technicians involved in measurement and instrumentation, DA&C programmers and students aiming to gain a working knowledge of the industrial applications of computer interfacing. A basic working knowledge of programming in a high-level language is assumed, but analytical mathematics is kept to a minimum. Sample listings are given in C and can be downloaded from the Newnes website. - Practical guidance on PC-based acquisition - Written for electronic engineers and software engineers in industry, not academics or computer scientists - A textbook with strong foundations in industry

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With practical, real-world examples, this book explains not only what the calls and their parameters are but also how to make them work for you in your applications. The disk provides source code for all the programming examples in the book. To increase the disk's value to the reader, each example is provided in assembly language, C, and C++.

This fascinating title Computer and Languages has been carefully compiled and edited to meet the long felt needs of increasingly large number of those who have to deal with the different aspects of computers and languages in Colleges, Universities and research institutes. It provides a balanced and integrated treatment of the entire field of computer. The title is intelligible to the educator layman but it deals with some complex ideas. It is an adequate text for all requirements in this area for most university students. Special efforts have been made to explain ideas in non-mathematical terms. The primary aim throughout has been clarity, simplicity and the high standard. It will definitely prove to be a boon to teachers and the research workers in the field of computer. Contents: Computer Hardware, Operating System, Windows Environment, Unix and Linux, Internet, Programming AND C, Elements of C, Controls Statements in C , Arrays, Pointer and Functions, Structures and Files.