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1. Introduction
1. The Systems Software Tools
2. The Elements of Systems Software Tools
• Interrupt-Driven Software
• Asynchronous Communications
• Multitasking
• Window Management
3. The Target Computer
4. Overview of the Book
2. A Review of the C Programming Language
1. Introduction
2. The C Programming Language
• Basic Data Types and Their Constant Forms
• Variable Declarations
• Operators
• Statements and Blocks
• Functions and Programs
• Formatted Input/Output
• Preprocessor Statements
3. The C Compiler
3. Access to System Services
1. BASIC Functions
• BIOS Functions
• DOS Functions
• C Interface to BIOS Functions
• C Interface to DOS Functions
2. Application of the BASIC Functions
• Keyboard Management
• Screen Management
3. Exercises
4. Interrupt and Communications Hardware
1. Introduction
2. The Interrupt Hardware
• Internal Structure of the 8259A
• Features of the 82599A
• Reading and Writing Ports
• Programming the 8259A
3. Asynchronous Communications
• Serial Asynchronous Communications
• RS-232C Interface Standard
• The ACE Hardware
5. A Terminal Emulator
1. Introduction
2. Anatomy of a Terminal Emulator
• The Main Program
• The Interrupt Service Routine
• Initializing the Asynchronous Interrupts
• Initializing the 8250
• Buffer Management and Critical Sections
• Sending Characters to the Comgear
• Processing Incoming Characters
• Processing Outgoing Characters
• Controlling the Terminal
6. Concepts of Multitasking and Window Interfaces
1. Multitasking
• Processes (or Tasks)
• CPU Scheduling Strategies
• Interprocess Communication
• File System Management
• Sharing Code
• Deadlock and Its Prevention
2. Window or Display Management
• Text or Graphics
• Overlayed or Tiled
• Transcription and Image Buffers
• Process per Window
7. A Multitasking Window System
1. Requirements
2. Architecture
• Scheduling
• The User Interface
• The System Interface
3. System Overview
4. BASIC Data Structure Conventions
• The DOS Interface
• Pointers
• Assemble Language/c Interface Conventions
• DOS Function Error Conventions
• Assembly Language Conventions
8. Concurrency Structures and Their Management
1. Data Management
• Global Data Structures
• The Process Table
• Queues and Their Management
• Memory Management
2. Process Management
• Context Switching
• The Scheduler
• Process State Change
• Process Creation
• Programming Loading and Initiation
• Termination
9. The User Interface
1. Window Management
• A Simple Display Manager
• Window Table Definition
• Emulating DOS Display Functions
• Emulating BIOS Display Functions
• Window Management Functions
2. Keyboard Management
• Requirements
• Architecture
• Data Structures and Their Management
• Emulating DOS Keyboard Functions
• Intercepting BIOS Keyboard Functions
3. The Command Interface
• Requirements
• Architecture
4. Summary
• The Framework
• Possible Extensions
• The Final Word

1. Listing of .h Files for Assembly Programs
2. Listing of .h Files for Multitasking Functions

It goes down into assembler programming in MS-DOS as well as C programming. Avoid it, it ain't worth the money.