PC architecture books

[lukassevc]

Hello!

I was trying to learn something about the general PC architecture, what I mean are not logic gates and similar stuff, but the devices, controllers, ports, addresses, ... like the stuff presented in this book: https://www.amazon.com/80X86-IBM-Compat ... 013061775X. The only problem is that everything what I've found is pretty old and I'm not sure how accurate it is. For example, the chapter presenting video technology is very obsolete. Please recommend me some complete reference books/docs/.... on this.

Thank you very much!

[austanss]

Hello!

I was trying to learn something about the general PC architecture, what I mean are not logic gates and similar stuff, but the devices, controllers, ports, addresses, ... like the stuff presented in this book: https://www.amazon.com/80X86-IBM-Compat ... 013061775X. The only problem is that everything what I've found is pretty old and I'm not sure how accurate it is. For example, the chapter presenting video technology is very obsolete. Please recommend me some complete reference books/docs/.... on this.

Thank you very much!

I/O device specifications and Intel/AMD hardware/software developer manuals are a great resource.

[lukassevc]

Hello!

I was trying to learn something about the general PC architecture, what I mean are not logic gates and similar stuff, but the devices, controllers, ports, addresses, ... like the stuff presented in this book: https://www.amazon.com/80X86-IBM-Compat ... 013061775X. The only problem is that everything what I've found is pretty old and I'm not sure how accurate it is. For example, the chapter presenting video technology is very obsolete. Please recommend me some complete reference books/docs/.... on this.

Thank you very much!

I/O device specifications and Intel/AMD hardware/software developer manuals are a great resource.

I have the Intel's software developer manual, but I'm not sure if it mentions the port mapping. That I/O device specification is for each component separately? Also, does the AMD specification mention the port mapping of the PC?

[nexos]

Port mapping is a part of the IBM PC architecture. A pretty good map is at http://www.brokenthorn.com/Resources/OSDev7.html Details for programming things such as PS/2, ATA, VGA, and other things are scattered all over the internet, nowadays, people have moved to USB, SATA / NVMe, which are much more standardized. But the older stuff is simpler, just harder to find specs for.

[Octocontrabass]

I have the Intel's software developer manual, but I'm not sure if it mentions the port mapping. That I/O device specification is for each component separately? Also, does the AMD specification mention the port mapping of the PC?

Modern PCs don't have fixed port mappings. You must use ACPI and PCI to determine how ports are mapped to devices.

The Intel and AMD manuals only tell you about the CPU. They won't cover anything else.