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Some Useful Hardware Technical Articles

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General

Tom's Hardware Guide (very nice)
Earthweb Hardware Central
PC Pitstop
Computer Hope
How Stuff Works (very nice, by Marshall Brain)
The Elder Geek
Adrian's Rojak Pot (hardware news and reviews)
Tech Republic
Ars Technica
Introduction to PC Hardware (by H. Gilbert)
PC Lube and Tune (by H. Gilbert)
QuestLink (electronics datasheets)
DejaNews

Device Drivers

Driver Files.net (find drivers)
Driver Guide.com (find drivers)

Networking

How Routers Work (by Curt Franklin)
Facsimile Theory (by Randy Linscott)
RAD University (networking glossary)
CableModemHelp.com

Hard Disks

SATA - Serial ATA
RAID - Reduntant Array of Inexpensive Disks (from Wikipedia)

SCSI

SCSI, IDE, ATA and other docs (from Quantum)
SCSI rules (by Gary Field)
PCI-SCSI FAQ (from Western Digital)
Hard Drive Specs (by Frank Pikelner)

UNIbus/Qbus

Guide to UNIBUS and Qbus modules

Memory

Crucial.com
Adding or Replacing RAM
Memtest86 - Memory diagnostic
Microsoft Hardware Test Page
Dr. Dobb's Microprocessor Center (very nice)
PC Processors Guide (by Robert Collins)
ePanorama PC Hardware Page

USB

Firewire

Firewire FAQ (from Apple)
Which Firewire Cable do I need?

CardBus/PC Card/PCMCIA

What is PCMCIA, and what is a PC card? (from Indiana Univ.)
PC Card FAQ

Batteries

Parallel/Serial Ports

Parallel Port Central
Nullmodem.com (cabling and pin info)
Video Cable Pin-outs (VGA, DVI etc.)
Cable Pin-outs (VGA, Serial, Parallel, IDE etc.)
PC Parallel Port
Interfacing the PC Parallel Port
PC Serial Port
ece291 resources (from uiuc)

DVD

DVD FAQ
DVDRhelp.com (very nice)
DVD Forum (standards etc.)
Blu-ray Disc Association (standards etc.)
DVD news and info
Doom9 net
DVD Resources (from mpeg.org)
The I/O Bus (by H. Gilbert)
DVD/CD FAQ (from Plextor)
Introduction to Video Capture (from Ariel Dynamics)

CD Drives

Video

Monitor and Flat Panel Display Technology (from Hitachi)
Video Cable Pin-outs (VGA, DVI etc.)
Cable Pin-outs (VGA, Serial, Parallel, IDE etc.)
Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory (by Peter Gutmann)

Mouse

PC Mouse Information

Misc

If you know of any useful items that should be included in this list please send them by e-mail to kochhar@physiology.wisc.edu

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