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This constitutes a bibliography of some of the references used
in creating the PBWiz library. They are listed in no
particular order. I might note that many of these references
contain incorrect information on one point or another and that
they frequently contradict each other. Such are the joys of
assembly programming. Comments reflect my personal opinions on
the text.
"The New Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC &
PS/2". 2nd Ed, 1988, by Peter Norton and Richard Wilton.
Microsoft Press.
-- Often contains inadequate detail and is unusually
error-prone. Some of the information is unique to this source,
however, so it has its value.
"Microsoft Mouse Programmer's Reference". 2nd Ed, 1991.
Microsoft Press.
-- Bizarrely, the primary examples are for interpreted BASIC
(BASICA or GWBASIC). However, there are matching examples for
QuickBASIC, C, and MASM. This is a comprehensive reference.
You do have to be careful about using many of the routines, as
older mouse drivers are common, and they don't support all of
the newer routines. Unfortunately, no information is provided
as to the release date of any of the mouse functions...
"COMPUTE!'s Mapping the IBM PC and PCjr". 1985, COMPUTE!
Publications, Inc.
-- An old but indispensable reference. The memory map, port
reference, and low-level support chip information are very good.
"Programmer's Guide to PC & PS/2 Video Systems". 1987, by
Richard Wilton. Microsoft Press.
-- A terrific reference on video from MDA to VGA. The example
program for putting the Hercules adapter into graphics mode is
rather buggy, however.
"The MS-DOS Encyclopedia". 1988. Microsoft Press.
-- Encyclopedic it is. Every serious assembly programmer
should have a copy. Covers DOS itself, DOS interrupts, TSRs,
communications, lots of handy articles by the best in the
business. The BIOS is ignored, however.
"Algorithms & Data Structures". 1986, by Niklaus Wirth.
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
-- Terse text with rather ghastly Modula-2 source listings.
One of the few places where sorting and data structures are
covered even moderately well, however. If you need to do sorts
or b-trees, it's a mandatory text.