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Contents range from low level machine code tricks for several processors to command references, tips and trick for applications like word processing and on to how to build a solar powered air conditioning system. You will find detailed information (not just links) on Scenix and PIC microcontrollers, the IBM PC parallel port, DOS (and Windows) APIs, electronic construction, and much more. We focus on the actual data and details of how the world works and not on canned, commercial solutions to common problems.

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