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- From: hoppie@kub.nl (Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers)
- Subject: Re: BOOK RECCOMENDATIONS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.145620.1544@kub.nl>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 14:56:20 GMT
- Organization: Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- >Then I got the OS/2 Redbooks - CAN$50+GST - and for this price they are a MUST
- >for anyone wanting to commit to, support, and/or hack OS/2. For the money,
- >I got 6 Redbooks: Control Program, DOS/Windows Env., Pres. Mgr., App
- >Development
- >Print Subsystem, and a YellowBook: Networking and Systems Services and Support
- >(actually a Technical Bulletin). These books are 8-1/2x11 3-hole punched
- >softcovers full of design information, so-so graphics (even the INF versions),
- >and Lab Session Exercises and printed example code. I can't imagine why
- >these books are not more widely recommended, especially given the character of
- >most OS frontier-pushers.
- >
- >If you want to know how to format a floppy, get the NRP book; if you want to
- >understand how OS/2 works, get the RedBooks.
- >
- >___
- > * MR/2 1.32 NR * Will the real Neil Parks please log on?
- >
-
- How do these Redbooks compare to the original IBM OS/2 Programmer's
- Guides I, II, and III? I got these three books, they are about three
- centimetres thick double-sided A4 pages in a ring binder and contain
- practically all information on the OS/2 kernel, the Presentation Manager
- and the graphical kernel. They are not reference guides but contain a
- lot of code samples and are really sufficient for OS/2 PM programming.
- Add the GNU CPP set (EMX) and off you go.
-
- Jeroen
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