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An assortment of information and tutorials about hardware in general and PC hardware in particular.
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| A Chronology of Events in the History of Microcomputers from 1947 to 1997 |
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| The PC hardware FAQ: general PC hardware information from the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.* (e.g. comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc) |
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| The BIOS Survival Guide: an excellent tutorial on PC hardware and optimising your BIOS settings |
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| Tom's Hardware Page, an excellent external site with lots of information about hardware. |
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| Advice on building your own PC |
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| Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present: a fascinating description of microprocessors from the Intel 4004 up to the present day |
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| The PC chip list: a guide to the different processors used in personal computers |
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| The Motorola 68000 series FAQ from the newsgroup comp.sys.m68k |
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| The Storage FAQ: information about storage devices of all kinds taken from the newsgroup comp.arch.storage |
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| The Enhanced IDE FAQ: information about IDE and EIDE devices. |
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| A CD-ROM technical summary: an excellent explanation of how CD-ROMs actually work |
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| The CD-Recordable FAQ: all about recordable CDs |
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| The Video FAQ from the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video |
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| A nice introduction to modems from the University of Chicago |
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| A Basic Modem FAQ, which is actually quite detailed |
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| The Printer FAQ from the newsgroup comp.periphs.printers |