frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) (05/31/89)
For those interested in the QNX operating system...
The QNX book is now available:
The QNX Operating System
(Programming with Messages in a Distributed Environment)
1st. edition
author: Frank Kolnick
publisher: Basis Computer Systems Inc.
16 Trailside Drive
Willowdale, Ontario
Canada M2J 2C9
(416) 495-1491
ISBN: 0-921960-00-X
280 pages, soft-cover (laminated) and perfect-bound, 7.5" x 9.25".
Includes dozens of diagrams and hundreds of lines of sample code (in C).
A summary of the contents follows:
1. Introduction
2. Overview: programming model, tasks, files, inter-task communication, etc.
3. Development environment: basic commands, editing, compiling, 'make', etc.
4. System calls: task creation, file I/O, messages, signals, timing, etc.
5. Designing programs and systems (task relationships, trade-offs, etc.)
6. Testing and debugging (source-code debugger)
7. Survival guide (description of commonly used commands)
8. More about messages (defining structures, queuing, variable messages, etc.)
9. Advanced topics (exception-handling, shared data, admin. tasks, etc.)
A: Header files (error codes, constants, etc.)
B: Technical support (the Quantum BBS, downloading software, e-mail)
The single-copy price is CDN$40 in Canada, or US$35 from anywhere else in
the world. Ontario residents please add 8% sales tax. Please make
cheques, etc. payable to: Basis Computer Systems Inc.
Shipping costs are extra and variable. Here's a list of common charges:
in Canada: ground mail -- $5.00 to Ontario and Quebec, $10 to any
other province, $15 to the territories
to the USA: ground mail -- US$8.00 to any state on the continent
to Europe: US$20.00
Quantity (>100) discounts are available and other shipping arrangements can
be made. All shipping charges are subject to change (it's beyond my control)
and all orders must be prepaid (cheques or money orders). I'm sorry, but I
cannot accept PO's or credit cards at this time.
--
Frank Kolnick,
consulting for, and therefore expressing opinions independent of, Computer X
UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frank