That's true - some level of technical knowledge is assumed, but I'm fine with that. Every article needs an audience. I can't write something that's perfect for everyone.
I see it's already mentioned upthread and you've added to your reading list - but I just want to add yet another recommendation here - Code by Charles Petzold is so so good in it's early chapters when it gets to the program counter and the fetch/execute cycle. I'm sure you'd really enjoy it!
