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Books on PC Architecture and Technical Manuals on Intel Microprocessors

Intel, Intel Architecture Software Developer’s Manual, vol. 3: System Programming. 1999. Describes the Intel Pentium microprocessor architecture. It can be downloaded from http://developer.intel.com/design/pentiumii/manuals/24319202.pdf.
Intel, MultiProcessor Specification, Version 1.4. 1997. Describes the Intel multiprocessor architecture specifications. It can be downloaded from http://www.intel.com/design/pentium/datashts/242016.htm.
Messmer, H. P. The Indispensable PC Hardware Book (3rd ed.). Addison Wesley Longman Limited, 1997. A valuable reference that exhaustively describes the many components of a PC.

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