Upon reviewing different 808618088 based textbooks
available, the more software oriented text
"Microcomputer Systems: The 808618088 Family" by
Liu and Gibson was initially chosen and used.
However, as this and other textbooks in this area
seem to rarely cover both hardware and software
issues in equal depth, coupled with the realization
that software texts are readily available in this area
at any bookstore (thanks to the success of the IBMPC),
it became clear that a hardware oriented
textbook with software oriented handouts would be more appropriate. Thus the more hardware oriented
text "Microprocessor-Based System Design" by
Comer is now currently used along with
supplemental handouts as needed. In addition, the
lab text "Microcomputer Experimentation with the
Intel SDK-86 by Leventhal is incorporated.