old 8088 system course++

Thanks for the responses to my question. I was able to continue searching I am back to my original problem. How to learn the fundamentals of the 8088 or 8086 ... and then to continue from there to the larger chips. At the moment I'm concerned about the 8088 or 8086. I have found resources that introduce those chips in a very clear, step-by-step way and include the plans for building a trainer. But they all stop short of interfacing FDDs, HDDs, etc. Would anyone know how I could "learn-by-building" an 8088 or 8086 system complete with drive interfaces, etc., starting with the very elementary aspects of learning the chip architecture and hardware on through to systems with FDDs and HDs and video, etc.? Thanks again. Gary "I think it was about 15-20 years ago there was, I believe, a self-study course put out by some company for learning the hardware (and I think some aspects of software, i.e., DOS) of computing at that time. The course came with an 8088 computer that, if I recall correctly, one built and "learned by doing." I'm pretty sure it was not a Heathkit. I have searched everywhere and have not come up with anything. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Any information would be helpful. I'm trying to track one of these courses/computers down. Thanks!" _______________________________________________________________________ Your Site for Swiss Maps: http://www.swissinfo-geo.org/