Future designers of microprocessor-based electronic equipment require a systems-level understanding of the 80x86 microcomputer. This widely acclaimed edition provides balanced and comprehensive coverage of both the software and hardware of the 8088 and 8086 microprocessors. The book examines how to assemble, run and debug programs and how to build, test and troubleshoot interface circuits. New material has been added on number-system conversations, binary arithmetic and combinational logic operations.