The Personal Computer Handbook

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PERSONAL COMPUTER
HANDBOOK
If you are thinking of buying a computer, if you have just bought one, or if you are simply trying to understand what the computer explosion is all about, then The Personal Computer Handbook is the book you need.
Written in the language you understand, not the one the machines speak, it de-codes the jargon and offers a practical guide to understanding and using computers - whether you want to store information, to handle accounts, to plot statistics, to teach your children, to play computer games, or to write your own programs. From the mysteries of RAM and ROM or bits and bytes to those of bootstraps, handshaking and nibbles. The Personal Computer Handbook is a straightforward, step-by-step guide to the process of buying and learning to use a computer at home or at work.
Fully and clearly illustrated with numerous specially commissioned photographs and drawings. The Personal Computer Handbook is the first book on the subject that is truly... Tovább

Fülszöveg

PERSONAL COMPUTER
HANDBOOK
If you are thinking of buying a computer, if you have just bought one, or if you are simply trying to understand what the computer explosion is all about, then The Personal Computer Handbook is the book you need.
Written in the language you understand, not the one the machines speak, it de-codes the jargon and offers a practical guide to understanding and using computers - whether you want to store information, to handle accounts, to plot statistics, to teach your children, to play computer games, or to write your own programs. From the mysteries of RAM and ROM or bits and bytes to those of bootstraps, handshaking and nibbles. The Personal Computer Handbook is a straightforward, step-by-step guide to the process of buying and learning to use a computer at home or at work.
Fully and clearly illustrated with numerous specially commissioned photographs and drawings. The Personal Computer Handbook is the first book on the subject that is truly "user-friendly".
PETER RODWELL is one of the most respected figures in the field of microcomputing today. As editor oi Personal Computer World, he has played a key role in establishing it as the largest selling and most prestigious micro magazine in Britain. He has been professionally involved with computers since the advent of the first micros, and, as a journalist, he has taken a special interest in word processing and electronic publishing. In 1981, he helped set up the ComputerTown UK! network of computer literacy centres, and he now runs his own information technology consultancy. Vissza