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| Thread ID: 42705 | 2004-02-19 19:58:00 | A+ Certification Study Guides | craigrob (1722) | Press F1 |
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| 216711 | 2004-02-19 19:58:00 | Can someone shed some light on the most current and practical books for studying for the compTIA A+ certification. I have done some research and the "A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide" fifth edition by Michael Meyers, Scott Jernigan seems to stand out the most. Also is the compTIA the only recognized standard in NZ? If not what is the most widely recognized standard for NZ and the rest of the world. |
craigrob (1722) | ||
| 216712 | 2004-02-20 02:59:00 | > Can someone shed some light on the most current and > practical books for studying for the compTIA A+ > certification. > I have done some research and the "A+ Certification > All-in-One Exam Guide" fifth edition by Michael > Meyers, Scott Jernigan seems to stand out the most. > Also is the compTIA the only recognized standard in > NZ? > If not what is the most widely recognized standard > for NZ and the rest of the world. Yep, it's a good one if all you wont to learn is enough to pass the exams. If you wont to learn enough to be more "practical" in the real world then only hands on practise will help. |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 216713 | 2004-02-20 03:42:00 | I have used Michael Meyers 4th edition and have found it to be quite good except for the odd silly statement like "DOS may be dead, but the legacy of DOS lives on in every PC used today". My home PC uses Linux only & I can assure Mr Meyers that there is no reminant of DOS there!! | JohnD (509) | ||
| 216714 | 2004-02-21 01:47:00 | Actually, he is quite correct. Your computer won't start without the BIOS code which is very much DOS based. The disk partition tables are DOS. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 216715 | 2004-02-21 09:25:00 | Graham - I accept that your depth of knowledge is greater than mine but I want to question you on this one (however it might turn out to be a matter of semantics?) BIOS routines are firmware and DOS (by definition) is on disk. The original BIOS routines and the first version of DOS must have been written about the same time and must be able to communicate with each other (which is probably what you mean by "DOS based"?) Question answered? John |
JohnD (509) | ||
| 216716 | 2004-02-21 10:55:00 | soory for this john could resist DOS Disk Operating System does linux run from disk? :D |
beama (111) | ||
| 216717 | 2004-02-21 18:47:00 | As for dos being dead, far from it. Nortons Ghost anyone;) Oops.................. | mark.p (383) | ||
| 216718 | 2004-02-22 00:56:00 | > Graham - I accept that your depth of knowledge is > greater than mine but I want to question you on this > one (however it might turn out to be a matter of > semantics?) > > BIOS routines are firmware and DOS (by definition) is > on disk. The original BIOS routines and the first > version of DOS must have been written about the same > time and must be able to communicate with each other > (which is probably what you mean by "DOS based"?) > > Question answered? > > John Could not resist having Mike up on that one either, so I emailed him and his response was he is refering to a "disk operating system" and not to any particular type or brand of DOS. I did mention too him that he should make the statement a bit clearer.. perhapes he has in volume 5? |
ugh1 (4204) | ||
| 216719 | 2004-02-22 01:47:00 | The BIOS ROM contains standard DOS code routines to control the keyboard, disk drives, and video. Those routines are callable from DOS using the INT mechanism. A PC clone with a "standard" BIOS in rom should complain that it can't find IBM BASIC if there isn't an OS on any disk it knows about. :D The IBM 5150 came with a tape interface. Floppies were expensive. Who needs an OS when you've got BASIC? :_| I've got a box somewhere in the heap which has DOS (v1 !) in ROM. It is a word processor, which boots DOS, and the AUTOEXEC.BAT loads and runs the programme. A Ctrl/c gets a DOS prompt. I'm going to play with it some more one day ... |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 216720 | 2004-02-24 03:34:00 | right back to the actual topic, get hold of the user on here named "growly" he is a good friend of mine and has just recently been working on A + certification courses and he had a REALLY huge book (cant remember the title) but it was golden and hardcover and about a4 sized and maybe 10cm thick, he ha just been through all this so talk to him and you might get an answer | robert6655 (5176) | ||
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