Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zazen!news From: dinda@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Peter A. Dinda - MIC@MACC - 608/263/7744) Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: A decent book Message-ID: <1991May22.012605.14365@macc.wisc.edu> Date: 22 May 91 01:21:51 GMT Sender: news@macc.wisc.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Wisconsin Academic Computing Center Lines: 22 In article <9105220801.AA92387@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org>, Andrew_Mcmillan@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org (Andrew Mcmillan) writes... > >Is there any astoundingly good book he can get, which will help? >I think he might also want something to help with the API functions >and so on as well, so I guess that's two books (never mind, his >firm will pay!). For an Excellent introduction to programming for straight OS/2 (ie, non PM stuff including processes, threads, semaphores, pipes, etc.) I would suggest looking at _Peter Norton's Inside OS/2_ by Robert Lafore and Peter Norton. Using this book I got up to speed an wrote a multithreaded Data Acquistion Terminal Transaction Router within a month. +-----------------------------+---------------------------------------+ : Peter A. Dinda : Microcomputer Information Center at : : dinda@VMS.macc.wisc.edu <*> : The Madison Academic Computing Center : : dinda@garfield.cs.wisc.edu : 1210 W Dayton St., 1150A : : "Survivor of Beamerland '90": Madison, WI 53706 : : "Apple: Business by Lawsuit": 608 263 7744 : : "OOPs!" : #include : +-----------------------------+---------------------------------------+