Build Your Own 386/386SX Compatible and Save a Bundle


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This book shows the reader how to assemble an 80386 microcomputer at home using inexpensive mail order parts. No special technical know-how is required, only a pair of pliers and a couple of screwdrivers. The text provides step-by-step instructions and close-up photographs which lead do-it-yourself PC builders through each phase of the assembly process, explaining where each component goes, what it does and how it does it. Information is also provided on taking advantage of 386 and 386SX architecture, giving special attention to the latter's unique potential for inexpensive entry-level PC systems, and on how and where to buy the best, low-cost components.







Build Your Own 80486 PC and Save a Bundle


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This new installment in Aubrey Pilgrim's Save a Bundle series shows how to assemble an inexpensive 80486 computer that exceeds the power and efficiency of most minicomputers and takes full advantage of the new OS/2 operating system. Readers with existing systems will also learn how simple it is to upgrade by installing a new motherboard or using a 80486 plug in board - saving thousands of pounds in the process. Pilgrim reviews available software packages and discusses peripheral devices such as disk drives, moitors, keybords and printers - providing readers with a comprehensive list of sources for low cost components and equipment. The book also details hundreds of business and personal applications that 486 systems can perform.




Build Your Own 386/386SX Compatible and Save a Bundle


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Describes the components needed to build a 386 computer, demonstrates each step of assembly, and discusses peripheral equipment and software




Build Your Own Multimedia PC


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This book contains a CD.




Build Your Own 486/486DX


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In this 50,000-copy bestseller, noted author Aubrey Pilgrim delivers a completely updated non-technical guide to building a custom-made 486 PC for hundreds less than a commercially manufactured computer. Pilgrim provides clear, step-by-step assembly instructions and a wealth of helpful illustrations. The book's software buying tips can save readers hundreds of dollars.




Create Your Own Desktop Publishing System


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Bjelland provides reliable hardware and software recommendations for everyone from entry level users through professional designers and publishers. There are step-by-step instructions for achieving three different levels of desktop publishing sophistication. Bjelland describes the hardware readers need to produce quality documents with high-level desktop publishing software, and with PageMaker, Ventura Publisher, and QuarkXPress.




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Assembling and Repairing Personal Computers


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Disk contains: diagnostic programs SysChk 2.42, BurnIn 4.5, Wintune 1.0.24, and The Troubleshooter (a time-limited version).




Creating Artificial Life


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The first truly hands-on study of artificial life and its potential for synthesization by computer. Explores several definitions of life, and applies these widely divergent scientific viewpoints to such emerging fields as artificial intelligence, robotics, theoretical biology, cellular automata, and neural networks. Takes a provocative look at the future of artificial life and its implications for 21st century society. A 3.5" disk is included!