chapter 1 INTRODUCTION -- chapter 2 BUSSES, INTERRUPTS AND PC SYSTEMS -- chapter 3 INTERFACING STANDARDS -- chapter 4 PCI BUS -- chapter 5 MOTHERBOARD DESIGN -- chapter 6 IDE AND MASS STORAGE -- chapter 7 SCSl -- chapter 8 PCMCIA -- chapter 9 USB AND FIREWIRE -- chapter 10 GAMES PORT, KEYBOARD AND MOUSE -- chapter 11 AGP -- chapter 12 FIBRE CHANNEL -- chapter 13 RS-232 -- chapter 14 RS-422, RS-423 AND RS-485 -- chapter 15 MODEMS -- chapter 16 PARALLEL PORT -- chapter 17 ENHANCED PARALLEL PORT -- chapter 18 MODBUS -- chapter 19 FIELDBUS -- chapter 20 WORLDFIP -- chapter 21 CAN BUS -- chapter 22 IEEE-488, VME AND VXI -- chapter 23 TCP/IP -- chapter 24 TCP AND UDP -- chapter 25 NETWORKS -- chapter 26 ETHERNET -- chapter 27 RS-232 PROGRAMMING USING VISUAL BASIC -- chapter 28 INTERRUPT-DRIVEN RS-232.