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How Macs work

John Rizzo and K. Daniel Clark

Ziff-Davis Press, c1996

2nd ed., Bestseller ed

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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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Details

  • NCID
    BA29850678
  • ISBN
    • 1562764012
  • LCCN
    96200052
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Emeryville, Calif.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 228 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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