Free: i386 Prog. Ref. Manual ('86) .PDF

Greg Neff

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Feb 1, 2001, 11:53:44 PM2/1/01

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For those of you who still care about 386 stuff, here is a PDF version
of the infamous 386intel.txt file:

http://www.microsym.com/386intel.pdf

This is the Intel 80386 Programmer's Reference Manual (1986).

The 421 page PDF is just over a Meg. It is formatted, linked,
bookmarked, and has page numbers added to the table of contents. If
you do download it, then all I ask is that you give me feedback on any
problems that you find in the document. I have a working copy in MS
Word format, and I can easily distill new PDF files from that.

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Peter Petersen

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Feb 2, 2001, 8:22:27 AM2/2/01

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Hi Greg,

> For those of you who still care about 386 stuff, here is a PDF version
> of the infamous 386intel.txt file:
>
> http://www.microsym.com/386intel.pdf

Nice file. I actually have the original Intel book, but what drives me up
the wall are the numerous errors.

What I really need is a 386 manual which gets all bits of segment
descriptors right. My first check in your text showed that you fixed some
Intel errors, but introduced new once. On page 108, you claim that code
segments have bit 3 of the Type field unset, which is wrong.

Navigation would also be easier if the bookmarks are initially collapsed.

Peter

Greg Neff

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Feb 2, 2001, 1:56:51 PM2/2/01

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In article <nwye6.893$0E.1...@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,

I din't review the technical content, I just fixed a few obvious
typos. If you can provide some detailed information on errors you see
(i.e. is X should be Y) then I would be happy to update and re-post the
document.

I'll have to check the Adobe Acrobat distiller docs to see if it has an
option to have the bookmarks initially collapsed.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Aaron Gray

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Feb 2, 2001, 5:08:32 PM2/2/01

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Dear Greg Neff,
Very nice, thank you. RBIL would be nice in PDF.
Yours Sincerely,
Aaron Gray - Aaro...@beeb.net -
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Otto Strudel

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Feb 2, 2001, 7:05:48 PM2/2/01

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Greg Neff says...

> For those of you who still care about 386 stuff, here is a PDF version
> of the infamous 386intel.txt file:
>
> http://www.microsym.com/386intel.pdf
>
> This is the Intel 80386 Programmer's Reference Manual (1986).
>
> The 421 page PDF is just over a Meg. It is formatted, linked,
> bookmarked, and has page numbers added to the table of contents. If
> you do download it, then all I ask is that you give me feedback on any
> problems that you find in the document. I have a working copy in MS
> Word format, and I can easily distill new PDF files from that.
>

Nice.
But for some reason my Acrobat 3.0 crashes when I click on a bookmark,
which is weird because it never happened to me with any other pdf file.
With what version are you making this file?

I noticed that every click on a bookmark keeps changing the view, and I
guess some people will find that irritating.

btw, to collapse bookmarks, just open the file in Acrobat Exchange,
collapse bookmarks, and click Save.

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Dewa mata
Otto

Greg Neff

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Feb 4, 2001, 1:27:59 PM2/4/01

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In article <t7miqsf...@corp.supernews.com>,
Otto Strudel <otto.strudelxN...@mail.inet.hr> wrote:
(snip)

> But for some reason my Acrobat 3.0 crashes when I click on a
bookmark,
> which is weird because it never happened to me with any other pdf
file.
> With what version are you making this file?
>

Acrobat V4.05A. You can download the reader from Adobe for free, or if
you get data book CDs from component suppliers then you can check to
see if 4.0 or later is on one of those CDs.

> I noticed that every click on a bookmark keeps changing the view, and
I
> guess some people will find that irritating.
>

I don't know if I can do anything about this.

> btw, to collapse bookmarks, just open the file in Acrobat Exchange,
> collapse bookmarks, and click Save.
>

Thanks for the tip.

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Ratch

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Feb 7, 2001, 1:24:14 PM2/7/01

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Am I missing something here. There exists a 386 DX Programmer's
Reference Manual 1990. Would that not be a better manual to make available?
Ratch

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Greg Neff

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Feb 7, 2001, 6:05:31 PM2/7/01

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In article <t834meh...@corp.supernews.com>,

"Ratch" <wa...@mediaone.net> wrote:
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> Am I missing something here. There exists a 386 DX Programmer's
> Reference Manual 1990.

(snip)

Where? BTW, we are working with the EX.

Ratch

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Feb 7, 2001, 9:41:38 PM2/7/01

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I don't know what an EX is, but I own a printed copy of the Intel 386
DX Programmer's Reference Manual dated 1990. Ratch

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