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Speaking of which... I'd really love to have a reference manual on one of the early x86 processors. Maybe the 386, since it is one of the iconic ones (or the on

Speaking of which... I'd really love to have a reference manual on one of the early x86 processors. Maybe the 386, since it is one of the iconic ones (or the one I have the most nostalgia for) that also started to get interesting features like protected mode, but still wasn't so complicated as to be a multi-volume, 5,000-page series (maybe?). Back in the 1990s, when I was doing assembly language on the Amiga, Motorola sent me the official 68000 manual for free when I called and asked them. It was a really cool book to have on the shelf and occasionally lead through. I looked at abebooks.com, and there are Intel books, but I wouldn't know exactly which one would be the reference manual. Anyone got an ISBN?

ChickeNES 10y ago
For the 80386 there are two manuals, a Hardware Reference Manual (ISBN 1-55512-069-5) and a Programmers Reference Manual (ISBN 1-55512-022-9). They come up on eBay from time-to-time, I think I paid $30 for my pair.
- lobster_johnson 10y ago
  That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks. Found them on abebooks.com easily. Awesome 1980s neon covers.
matt_d 10y ago
Try Bitsavers (an amazing work in the service of historic preservation): http://www.bitsavers.org/ http://www.bitsavers.org/ Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10143295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10143295 Internet Archive collection (the Intel documents part): https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_intel https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_intel Library of Congress reference: https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwa00096459/ https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwa00096459/
userbinator 10y ago
Intel used to give away hardcopy manuals for free too, but stopped doing that around 2010: http://styx.head-crash.de/stuff/intel_manuals.jpg http://styx.head-crash.de/stuff/intel_manuals.jpg Now they still have hardcopy, although it's basically just paying for someone else to print and bind the PDFs for you: http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=1030088 http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=1030088

ChickeNES 10y ago

For the 80386 there are two manuals, a Hardware Reference Manual (ISBN 1-55512-069-5) and a Programmers Reference Manual (ISBN 1-55512-022-9). They come up on eBay from time-to-time, I think I paid $30 for my pair.

lobster_johnson 10y ago
That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks. Found them on abebooks.com easily. Awesome 1980s neon covers.

matt_d 10y ago

Try Bitsavers (an amazing work in the service of historic preservation): http://www.bitsavers.org/ http://www.bitsavers.org/ Previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10143295 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10143295 Internet Archive collection (the Intel documents part): https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_intel https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_intel Library of Congress reference: https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwa00096459/ https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwa00096459/

userbinator 10y ago

Intel used to give away hardcopy manuals for free too, but stopped doing that around 2010: http://styx.head-crash.de/stuff/intel_manuals.jpg http://styx.head-crash.de/stuff/intel_manuals.jpg Now they still have hardcopy, although it's basically just paying for someone else to print and bind the PDFs for you: http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=1030088 http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=1030088