IBM PS2 HW Interface Technical Reference - Common Interfaces (October 1990)
The IBM Personal System/2 Hardware Interface Technical Reference: Common Interfaces is the volume of IBM's PS/2 Technical Reference library that describes devices and interfaces common to PS/2 systems. The hosted scan is 950 pages. Its edition notice reads First Edition (October 1990), copyright 1989 and 1990, but it is a binder copy: several sections are September 1991 replacements, dated in their page footers. Each section has its own contents, figures list, page numbering and index.
The preface (p. v) lists the library: Architectures (the Micro Channel architectures), Common Interfaces (this volume), System-Specific Information (the per-model technical references), the PS/2 and PC BIOS Interface Technical Reference, and the option and adapter technical references. Vertical bars in the margin mark changes from the previous release of each section.
Contents
[edit | edit source]Sections in the order they appear, with the date in each section's footer and the PDF page where it starts:
| Section | Date | PDF page |
|---|---|---|
| Microprocessors and Instruction Sets: 80286, 80287, 80386 (real, protected and virtual 8086 modes, paging), 80387, 80486 (cache control, page protection, alignment check, new instructions), and the 80286, 80287, 80386, 80387 and 80486 instruction sets | October 1990 | 9 |
| Direct Memory Access Controller (Type 1) | October 1990 | 115 |
| Interrupt Controller | October 1990 | 131 |
| System Timers (Type 1) | October 1990 | 149 |
| Diskette Drive Controller | September 1991 | 169 |
| Keyboard and Auxiliary Device Controller | September 1991 | 211 |
| Serial Port Controller | September 1991 | 233 |
| Parallel Port Controller | October 1990 | 285 |
| Video Subsystem: introduction, VGA function, XGA function, display connector, and appendix of XGA sample code | September 1991 | 311 |
| Keyboards, including appendix A keyboard layouts | September 1991 | 715 |
| Characters and Keystrokes | October 1990 | 819 |
| Compatibility (processor, coprocessor and diskette differences between systems) | October 1990 | 831 |
| SCSI Subsystem | September 1991 | 863 |
What this manual does not contain
[edit | edit source]It is a programming and interface reference. There are no FRU numbers, removal procedures, schematics or component values. The Micro Channel architecture itself is in the separate Architectures volume, which is not hosted here, and model-specific details such as memory maps, supplies and connectors are in each model's own technical reference.
Pages that cite this document
[edit | edit source]- IBM PS2 Model 50 Technical Reference (October 1990) and IBM PS2 Model 90 XP 486 Technical Reference (October 1990) list it as the companion volume.
- IBM PS2 Hardware Interface Technical Reference (May 1988), IBM PS2 HW Interface Technical Reference - Video Subsystems (September 1992) and IBM PS2 and PC BIOS Interface Technical Reference list it as a related volume.
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