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- Suitable desktop computers (DTCs) for home use
Section: - Selection guidelines for DTC software
Section: - What early personal computers were like
Section: - The role of the DTC display interface
Section: - The difference between systems used in Engineering workstations and Education DTCs
Section: - Alternative ways of storing large amounts of data
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations .............................................xv
List of Tables...................................................xviii
INTRODUCTION ............................................xix
PART 1. THE WORLD OF DTCS ......................1
1.0 Characterizing the DTC....................................3
1.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .......................5
1.2 Memory ........................................................9
1.3 Mass Storage ..............................................10,
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1.4 Printers ........................................................12
1.5 Keyboards ..................................................14
1.6 Interfaces .....................................................15
1.7 Graphics Display Monitors/Interfaces ...........17
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1.8 Special-Purpose Peripherals .........................20
1.9 Operating System ........................................21
1.10 DTC Software .............................................23
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2.0 Microcomputer Evolution .............................27
2.1 Related Advances in Technology ..................27
2.2 The Microcontroller .....................................29
2.3 Birth of the Microprocessor .........................31
2.4 The Microcomputer .....................................33
2.5 Personal Computers Arrive ..........................35
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2.6 Arrival of Engineering Workstations ..............38
2.7 Minicomputer vs. Microcomputers ...............39
3.0 DTC Comparisons ........................................41
3.1 Home and Business (HB) DTCs ....................42
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3.2 Engineering/Production Workstations ...........74
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3.3 Entertainment/Education (EE) DTCs ..............81
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3.4 Summary of System Comparisons ................86
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4.0 The Hardware Connection ...........................88
Henle, R.A. and Kuvshinoff, B.W. (1992). Desktop computers in perspective. London: Oxford University Press, p. ix
Copyright and copy; 1992 Oxford University Press
Used by permission of Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations .............................................xv
List of Tables...................................................xviii
INTRODUCTION ............................................xix
PART 1. THE WORLD OF DTCS ......................1
1.0 Characterizing the DTC....................................3
1.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .......................5
1.2 Memory ........................................................9
1.3 Mass Storage ..............................................10
1.4 Printers ........................................................12
1.5 Keyboards ..................................................14
1.6 Interfaces .....................................................15
1.7 Graphics Display Monitors/Interfaces ...........17
1.8 Special-Purpose Peripherals .........................20
1.9 Operating System ........................................21
1.10 DTC Software .............................................23
2.0 Microcomputer Evolution .............................27
2.1 Related Advances in Technology ..................27
2.2 The Microcontroller .....................................29
2.3 Birth of the Microprocessor .........................31
2.4 The Microcomputer .....................................33
2.5 Personal Computers Arrive ..........................35
2.6 Arrival of Engineering Workstations ..............38
2.7 Minicomputer vs. Microcomputers ...............39
3.0 DTC Comparisons ........................................41
3.1 Home and Business (HB) DTCs ....................42
3.2 Engineering/Production Workstations ...........74
3.3 Entertainment/Education (EE) DTCs ..............81
3.4 Summary of System Comparisons ................86
4.0 The Hardware Connection ...........................88
Henle, R.A. and Kuvshinoff, B.W. (1992). Desktop computers in perspective. London: Oxford University Press, p. ix
Copyright and copy; 1992 Oxford University Press
Used by permission of Oxford University Press