Ebook: An Introduction to Microcomputers: The Beginner's Book

The newly revised edition of Volume 0—The Beginner's Book, provides the novice with an overview of microcomputers: how they function and what they can do for today's data management problems. The text clearly describes the components and functions of a micro system and introduces the reader to the basics of programming languages, the binary code, logic, timing and memory. New sections on software and communication have been added.

As the first book in the popular Osborne/McGraw-Hill series, An Introduction to Microcomputers, The Beginner's Book provides the initial concepts needed for a thorough understanding of microcomputers.

"This is one of the first books to clearly describe micros.... In simple language,... the book explains the history and the current status of personal computing. An entertaining and informative book that we highly recommend...." Infoworld