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I read Peter Norton's Inside the IBM PC (1986 edition) [1] a while back, out of an interest in computer history. It struck me as being quite a bit different tha

I read Peter Norton's Inside the IBM PC (1986 edition) [1] a while back, out of an interest in computer history. It struck me as being quite a bit different than today's technical books. It had a very conversational writing style, and it seemed like it was aiming to accommodate computer hobbyists/enthusiasts who wanted to learn more about how their machine actually worked. There were probably a lot more such people back in the 80's than today. [1] https://archive.org/details/insideibmpc00nort https://archive.org/details/insideibmpc00nort

juskrey 7y ago
I remember reading a book on Delphi, some early version, it was a detective with some coding. If only I could remember the author, can't google anything right now.
- mellosouls 7y ago
  Intrigued,I googled. https://www.drbob42.com/reviews/explorer.htm https://www.drbob42.com/reviews/explorer.htm Ace Breakpoint's Database Adventure
  - juskrey 7y ago
    Thanks!
  - jjkaczor 7y ago
    Yes, this was a great book - Jeff writes fiction these days, but has updated his "Assembly Language Step by Step" for Linux and has a nice FOSS book on FreePascal http://www.contrapositivediary.com/?page_id=1808 http://www.contrapositivediary.com/?page_id=1808
- epx 7y ago
  Melvin Bohacker was his nemesis, why we store such junk so readily in our minds?
- sinuhe69 7y ago
  Kick Ass Delphi Programming? https://studfile.net/preview/415049/page:38/ https://studfile.net/preview/415049/page:38/