1980s Microsoft MS-DOS Encyclopedia
Over 5 pounds (1.8 kilos) & 1570 pages
Weighing in at over
1500 pages, this huge tome covers everything you ever wanted to know
about MS-DOS versions 1.0 through 3 in excruciating detail. What's more,
this updated edition contains a full 40 pages on the history of
personal computing from the Intel 4004 and 8008 microprocessors to the birth of the MITS Altair 8800 in 1975 to Bill Gates' and Paul Allen's work on Altair BASIC to the release of the IBM 5150 and beyond, complete with numerous photos.