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- From: paveltka@unix.infoserve.net (Pavel Tkatchouk)
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- Subject: Re: UNIX, NT device driver books?
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 20:32:09 GMT
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- David Golombek wrote:
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- >Unfortunately, there are not yet any NT device driver books out yet.
- >Several have been announced, but all are running late, and bookstores
- >don't when to expect them. However, MSDN January release has A LOT
- >of information on writing NT device drivers, and the DDK cd that
- >comes with it has a lot of good source code. I've managed to finish
- >a pretty complicated device driver with that info.
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- >For Unix, get
- >Writing UNIX Device Drivers in C.
- >I don't have numbers on it, but any good computer book store should
- >cary it -- it's basically the bible on the subject.
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- >MSDN is the Microsoft Developer Network. It comes in three different
- >levels, depending on how much you want to pay MS... The DDK (Device
- >Driver Kit) comes with levels 2 and 3, which cost about $400 and $1000
- >respectively (level 3 includes a BackOffice DK) or something like
- >that. However, if you're going to be doing serious development
- >for Windows of any sort, the developers kit will pay for itself rather
- >quickly. Contact MS for more details, they'll be more than happy to
- >tell you all :-)
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- >Good luck,
- >David Golombek
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