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- From: toddc@cray.com (Todd Crowe)
- Subject: Re: The expensive IBM doc set
- Message-ID: <toddc.712516447@fig39>
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- Date: 30 Jul 92 12:29:36 CDT
-
- toddc@cray.com (Todd Crowe) writes:
- >dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf) writes:
- >>Something that I haven't seen mentioned in this discussion (or I may have
- >>missed it) is that you don't have to buy all 17 volumes. Each volume
- >>has its own IBM publication number, so you can order them separately
- >>(or so a Team OS/2 member tells me).
- >>
- >>Now, would someone who was rich enough to pay the $300 volunteer to
- >>post the title and publication number (and maybe even a brief
- >>description) of each volume in the set? Chances are, most of us will
- >>only need a handful of volumes to get our job done.
- >>
- >If you have a copy of the Developer's Toolkit, you can find the numbers
- >in the back of the "Getting Started" manual.
- >
- >- Todd Crowe
-
- If you don't have a copy of the Developer's Toolkit the numbers are:
-
- 10G3356 Complete Set
-
- 10G6260 Application Design Guide
- 10G6261 Programming Guide, Volume I
- 10G6494 Programming Guide, Volume II
- 10G6495 Programming Guide, Volume III
- 10G6263 Control Program Programming Reference
- 10G6264 PM Programming Reference, Volume I $35.00
- 10G6265 PM Programming Reference, Volume II $35.00
- 10G6272 PM Programming Reference, Volume III $35.00
- 10G6262 IPF Guide and Refence
- 10G6309 System Object Model Guide and Reference
- 10G6269 Procedures Language 2/REXX Users Guide
- 10G6268 Procedures Language 2/REXX Reference
- 10G6266 Physical Device Driver Reference
- 10G6310 Virtual Device Driver Reference
- 10G6267 Presentation Driver Reference
- SC34-4289 SAA: CUA Guide to User Interface Design
- SC34-4290 SAA: CUA Advanced Interface Design Reference
-
- The numbers for ordering are:
-
- US: 1-800-IBM-PCTB (1-800-426-7282)
- Alaska: 1-414-633-8108
- Canada: 1-800-465-1234 (except British Columbia?)
- B.C.: 112-800-465-1234
-
- Perhaps this information could go into the the OS/2 Programmer's FAQ?
- Sorry, I don't have any more prices; I was only interested in the PM stuff
- when I called. (The 3 PM books are about 800 pages each, BTW)
-
- Todd Crowe
-