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Re: Basic Hardware Resources?

A good book on computer hardware basics is "How computers Work" by Ron
White.  It is published by Ziff Davis Press.  I actually find it very
useful.  It has a lot of good illustrations and text.  It has a chapter on
everything from the BIOS to what makes the keyboard run.

Ilan Rabinovitch
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From: Newhall <>
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Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 12:29 PM
Subject: Basic Hardware Resources?

>OK, time for a Stupid Question (TM).
>
>I'm very interested in building a wearable computer, but my hardware
>konwledge isn't quite up to speed; I've traditionally been more of a
>software guy.  I can swap out CD-ROM drives on my tower and so forth
>without a problem, but amps/DC-to-DC/etc. are things I know of only as
>hazy outlines, so to speak.
>
>Do you all know of any sites I can go to that cover this sort of thing, so
>I can bone up on my knowledge?  I'd (obviously) prefer something with a
>computer focus rather than a generic electrical engineering bent, but
>whatever you can think of would be greatly appreciated.
>
>I understand that I can't read a few webpages about watts and converters
>and magically become a computer hardware expert, but I need to start
>somewhere. :-)  I'm currently building a keyglove
>(www.wearables.ml.org/keyglove.html), but that's at the very limit of my
>ability.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gurney
>
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