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| List of Figures | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Data Tables | |
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| Mathematical and Physical Constants | |
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| ASCII | |
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| EBCDIC (Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code) | |
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| Morse Code | |
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| Audio Notes | |
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| Touch Tone Telephone Frequencies | |
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| Phonetic Alphabets | |
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| Radio 10 Codes | |
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| Miscellaneous Electronics | |
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| Resistor Color Coding | |
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| Electromagnetic Spectrum | |
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| Digital Logic | |
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| Formulas | |
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| DC Electronics Formulas | |
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| Physical Formulas | |
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| Conversions | |
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| Speaker Output | |
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| SoundBlaster Output | |
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| Memory Allocation | |
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| PC Addressing | |
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| Memory Map | |
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| I/O Space Map | |
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| Interrupt Function by Number | |
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| Motherboard Basic Architecture | |
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| Block Diagram | |
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| Caching | |
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| Processors | |
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| Architecture | |
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| Programming | |
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| Caches | |
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| Instruction Sets | |
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| 8086/8087 Processor Data Formats | |
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| Adapter Card Busses | |
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| ISA | |
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| PCI | |
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| USB Bus | |
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| Connections to the PC | |
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| Data Packet Formats | |
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| Data Transfer Types | |
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| Device Enumeration | |
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| PC Host Configuration | |
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| Boot Process | |
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| POST Operation | |
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| Bus ROM | |
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| Operating System Boot | |
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| Video Interfaces | |
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| Video Modes with Character/Pixel Information | |
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| Character/Color Information | |
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| Display Adapter Connections | |
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| Display Scan Rates | |
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| Keyboard/Mouse | |
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| Controller Rgister Definition | |
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| Connector Specification | |
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| Keyboard Operation with Timing Diagrams | |
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| Mouse Data Packet | |
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| Keyboard Controller Commands | |
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| Keyboard Commands | |
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| Keyboard Scan Codes | |
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| I/O Peripherals | |
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| Serial Port | |
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| Parallel Port | |
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| Diskette Subsystem | |
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| Standard Diskette Formats | |
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| Diskette Connector Pinouts | |
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| Block Diagram | |
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| Track/Sector Formatting | |
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| Boot Sector Specification | |
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| (E)IDE Disk Subsystem | |
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| Disk Sizing | |
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| Block Diagram | |
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| Disk Connector Pinouts | |
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| SCSI Connector Pinouts | |
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| Miscellaneous PC Hardware | |
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| Joystick | |
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| SoundBlaster | |
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| Power Supply | |
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| MS-DOS Executable File Formats | |
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| Program Segment Prefix | |
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| .COM File Format | |
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| Registers on .COM Application Start | |
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| .EXE File Format | |
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| Device Driver Header | |
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| Device Driver Attribute Word | |
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| PC Firmware | |
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| Video Modes | |
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| Interrupt 11h: Equipment Determination | |
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| Interrupt 12h: Get Memory Size | |
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| Disk BIOS Status Byte | |
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| Modem-Status Register Bit Definition | |
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| System Services Protected-Mode Descriptor Table Format | |
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| Keyboard Flags Byte | |
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| Printer-Status Byte | |
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| Interrupt 19h: Bootstrap Loader | |
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| Interrupt 1Ah: System Timer and RTC Services | |
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| Interrupt 33h: Mouse Interrupt | |
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| BIOS System Variables | |
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| MS-DOS | |
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| MS-DOS File Search | |
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| Memory Block Definition | |
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| File-Control Block Definition | |
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| Environment Information | |
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| Error Codes | |
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| Command.Com | |
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| MS-DOS Interrupt APIs | |
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| Interrupt 2Fh - Multiplex Interrupt Standard Process Numbers | |
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| Interrupt 2Fh: Multiplex Interrupt Process Number Availability Check | |
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| MS-DOS Operation | |
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| Directory/Filenames | |
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| File Wild Cards | |
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| MS-DOS Commands and Utilities | |
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| Redirecting I/O | |
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| CONFIG.SYS Commands | |
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| MS-DOS Common Device Drivers | |
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| MS-DOS Code Pages | |
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| EDLIN Editor | |
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| Batch Files | |
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| Input Parameters | |
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| Wrappers | |
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| Statements | |
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| Variables | |
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| Reserved Words | |
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| Conditional Execution | |
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| Traditional FOR Loops | |
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| MASM 6.11 Assembler | |
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| Command-Line Operations | |
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| Assembler Directives | |
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| Linking | |
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| Basic Language | |
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| Declarations | |
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| Statements | |
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| Operators | |
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| Microsoft Enhanced Statements | |
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| Qbasic Command-Line Options | |
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| C Language | |
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| Declarations | |
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| Statements | |
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| Operators | |
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| Directives | |
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| Reserved Words | |
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| Escape Sequences | |
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| Streaming | |
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| Common C Functions | |
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| Debuggers | |
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| Debug.com | |
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| Codeview | |
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| Tools.Ini | |
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| Win32 Kernel/Operating System Architecture | |
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| User, GDI and Kernel | |
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| WIN.INI | |
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| Windows Registry | |
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| Arenas | |
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| Rings | |
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| Virtual Memory Manager | |
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| V86 Mode | |
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| COM/OLE/ActiveX | |
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| Windows Device Drivers | |
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| Dynamic Link Libraries (.DLL) | |
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| Virtual Device Drivers (.VxDs) | |
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| Win32 Device Models (.WDMs) | |
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| Visual Basic | |
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| Integrated Development Environment | |
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| Controls | |
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| MSComm | |
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| Visual C++ | |
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| Object-Orientated Programming | |
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| Microsoft Development Studio | |
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| Microsoft Function Classes (MFC) | |
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| Suggested Visual C++ Debugging Process | |
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| Microsoft Foundation Classes | |
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| Windows Extensions and DPMI APIs | |
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| Sample Routines | |
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| Far Conditional Jump Macro | |
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| Passing Parameters | |
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| Interrupt Handler Skeletons | |
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| Interrupt Vector Capture and Release | |
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| DMA Transfer Set Up | |
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| Batch File I/O Utilities | |
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| String Operations | |
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| Critical Timing Using the 8254 | |
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| Tone Output on PC's Speaker | |
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| Video Output | |
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| Hex/ASCII Data Conversion | |
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| ASCII Lowercase to Uppercase Conversion | |
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| Keyboard Handlers | |
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| Mouse Handlers | |
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| Serial Port I/O | |
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| File I/O | |
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| Joystick Pot Read | |
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| SoundBlaster Register/DSP Access | |
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| Visual Basic MSComm Initialization | |
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| Visual Basic MSComm "OnComm" Event Handler | |
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| Basic HTML | |
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| URL Types | |
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| HTML Template | |
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| HTML Color Specification | |
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| HTML Tag Commands | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Resources | |
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| Index | |