How Macs work
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Bibliographic Information
How Macs work
Ziff-Davis Press, c1996
2nd ed., Bestseller ed
Available at 4 libraries
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Based on the national bestseller, How Macs Work -- which has sold over 75,000 copies -- this completely updated, full-color guide leads readers through the intricacies of the Mac. Featuring colorful illustrations and straightforward text, it covers the newest advances in Macintosh technology. An excellent educational tool!<br>-- Provides coverage of CPU and memory, disk storage, SCSi and serial ports, multimedia, networks, the Internet, and more<br>-- Part of the best-selling How It Works series<br>-- Written by well-known authors in the Mac community
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Inside the Mac: inside the all-in-one Mac
- inside a desktop Mac
- inside a Mac clone
- inside the PowerBook. Part 2 Mac OS: how the Mac ROM works
- how Startup works
- how the system works
- how the Finder works
- how Open Doc works. Part 3 CPU and memory: binary numbers and transistors
- how the CPU works
- how RAM works
- how virtual memory works
- how a cache works
- how a RAM disk works. Part 4 Disk storage: how a floppy-disk drive works
- how a hard-disk drive works
- how removable storage works. Part 5 getting information in and out: how SCSI works
- how the keyboard, mouse and trackpad work
- how expansion slots work
- how serial ports work
- how multimedia works. Part 6 Display: how Quick-Draw works
- how a video monitor works
- how PowerBook displays work. Part 7 Networks: how Mac software accesses networks
- how to communicate on networks
- how Internet connections work. Part 8 Printing and publishing: how a printer works
- how a printing works
- how desktop publishing works
- how electronic publishing works.
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