jwg@duke.UUCP (Jeffrey William Gillette) (11/10/86)
[] Having spent much of the last month developing my first MS Windows Application (a simple concordance program for the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures in the original languages), I am thoroughly impressed with the theory behind Windows, reasonably impressed with the implementation, and largely frustrated by the quality of the documentation and lack of development / debugging tools. Is there a forum somewhere on the net where Windows is discussed? Are other Windows developers out in net.land? If there is not already a Windows forum, is there sufficient interest to establish some type of mailing list, etc. for passing information and questions. I already know about Dial - the MS bulletin board service. We have been participating in it for a few weeks now, and must soon decide whether to shell out the $300 to subscribe for a year. Dial articles tend to be bug reports and remedial documentation - very helpful, but also very formal. I am, however, also interested in informal discussion of programming experiences, things to watch out for, and helpful discoveries. Peace, Jeffrey William Gillette uucp: mcnc!duke!ducall!jeff Humanities Computing Facility bitnet: DYBBUK at TUCCVM Duke University -- Jeffrey William Gillette uucp: mcnc!ethos!ducall!jeff Humanities Computing Facility bitnet: DYBBUK @ TUCCVM Duke University
W8SDZ@simtel20.arpa (Keith Petersen) (11/15/86)
There is a Microsoft Windows RoundTable on GEnie, run by folks from
Microsoft. GEnie's online change is only $5 per hour during non-prime
hours for 300 or 1200 bps access, available in over 400 cities as a
local call.
--Keith Petersen
Arpa: W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA
Uucp: {bellcore,decwrl,harvard,lll-crg,ucbvax,uw-beaver}!simtel20.arpa!w8sdz
GEnie Mail: W8SDZ
RCP/M Royal Oak: 313-759-6569 (300, 1200, 2400 bps)curtis@uwmacc.UUCP (Alan Curtis) (11/26/86)
Concerning sources for MS Windows, there's a new publication called
Microsoft Tech Journal whose first issue was dedicated solely to
Windows topics. Considering Microsoft's commitment to Windows and it's
ongoing development, I presume that they will continue to focus on this
area in MTJ.
--
Alan Curtis
Madison Academic Computing Center
ARPA: curtis@UNIX.MACC.WISC.EDU
UUCP: {harvard,ucbvax,allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!curtispetera@utcsri.UUCP (Peter Ashwood-Smith) (11/27/86)
> > Concerning sources for MS Windows, there's a new publication called > Microsoft Tech Journal whose first issue was dedicated solely to > Windows topics. Considering Microsoft's commitment to Windows and it's > ongoing development, I presume that they will continue to focus on this > area in MTJ. > Sounds interesting but how does one get MS-windows programming info in the first place. I have not seen any books on the subject. Does MS have a guide available? Peter Ashwood-Smith University of Toronto