According to Kim Ludwig:
>
>The name of the book (I think you're talking about) is "The Indispensable
>PC Hardware Book"
>The third edition is out and it's a great reference to have on hand. The
>author is
>Hans-Peter Messmer, published by Addison-Weley, ISBN 0-201-40399-4. It runs
>about $43 US.
>

I totally screwed the name up (ENOCAFFEINE).  The one I was thinking
of is "The Programmers PC Sourcebook" by Thom Hogan.  Published by
Microsoft Press, ISBN 1-55615-321-x.  The cover price was $39 but that
was a while ago - I picked mine up cheap at a book sale.  It has quite
a lot of stuff about the evil MS-DOS and windows but there is a
reasonable hardware section which is why I got it.

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