buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) (12/27/88)
A while ago, Dimitri Rotow of Bell Technologies posted the following: ]I recently responded to a question asking for information on writing ]device drivers by suggesting some AT&T publications. Over 30 people ]have since posted me with a request for the AT&T 800 number to use. ]Here it is: ] ]To order AT&T documents, call their Customer Information Center at ]800-432-6600. They take VISA and are very responsive. The material ]you should order is: ] ]UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2 Integrated Software Development Guide (ISDG) ] ]and the ] ]UNIX System V/386 Release 3, Block and Character Interface, Device Driver ]Reference Manual, Select Code 307-192. ] ]You are crazy to work on device driver sources without these two books. ]The ISDG in particular is one of the very best UNIX books ever written. ]It not only includes sources to floppy disk and other device drivers, it ]also provides a complete framework for installation scripts and other ]vital stuff. ] ]Even though this is targeted at UNIX 3.2, it should be useful to all working ]in current releases of Microport, 386/ix, and SCO. ] ]We reprint the ISDG with the manual set for UNIX 3.2. I finally got around to try ordering these two manuals and called the 800 number. The Device Driver Reference Manual was easy with the select code, but they could not find the ISDG from the above title (and missing a select code). I called Bell Tech for a select code, but they couldn't find one on their documentation. (They suggested I buy their version of V3.2...) I sent email to Dimitri Rotow but never got a reply back. Does the Integrated Software Design Guide exist as an AT&T publication available for sale separately? Does anyone know a select code to use for this ISDG? Thanks alot, -- A. Lester Buck ...!uhnix1!moray!siswat!buck
dar@belltec.UUCP (Dimitri Rotow) (01/03/89)
In article <363@siswat.UUCP>, buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) writes: > A while ago, Dimitri Rotow of Bell Technologies posted the following: > [Repeat of my earlier posting deleted except for 800 number...] > ]To order AT&T documents, call their Customer Information Center at > ]800-432-6600. They take VISA and are very responsive. The material > > I finally got around to try ordering these two manuals and called the > 800 number. The Device Driver Reference Manual was easy with the > select code, but they could not find the ISDG from the above title > (and missing a select code). I called Bell Tech for a select code, > but they couldn't find one on their documentation. (They suggested > I buy their version of V3.2...) I sent email to Dimitri Rotow but > never got a reply back. > > Does the Integrated Software Design Guide exist as an AT&T publication > available for sale separately? Does anyone know a select code > to use for this ISDG? > > A. Lester Buck ...!uhnix1!moray!siswat!buck You know, I've gotten about 150 mail messages and over two dozen phone calls on this issue. Why is it that people expect us to function as an 800 number information operator? AT&T references its documents in many ways. If you can't get to the ISDG by that title only, try by asking for the documentation for their UNIX Release 3.2 package. If that mystifies the operator, work with her/him a little. Try "simultask" for WGS 6386 or a variety of other AT&T nomenclature items. We've never had any problems ordering ISDG by calling the 800 numbers. For the record, the listed select code in *some* AT&T documents for the ISDG is 307-072. This is no guarantee that the CIS will have that select code in their computer. If you can't figure out how to get this document from AT&T, call AT&T. If you want to buy it from us, we can't sell it to you (since it is UNIX licensed material and AT&T has given Prentice Hall an exclusive on selling UNIX manuals outside of an association with a UNIX software license) *unless* you also buy 3.2. Their rules, not ours. - dimitri rotow