RICK%mit-mc@sri-unix.UUCP (02/27/84)
From: Richard P. Wilkes <RICK@mit-mc> I am trying to find technical information (programmer guide) to the MSDOS 2.0 operating system. I have the programmers guide that Tandy publishes, but it is far from... descriptive. Has anyone run across a text more complete? Is anything available directly from Microsoft? Thanks. -RICK AT MIT-MC eed_wgmm.jhu at CSNET-RELAY brl-bmd!jhu!eed_wgmm
LCAMPBELL%dec-marlboro@sri-unix.UUCP (02/27/84)
From: Larry Campbell <LCAMPBELL@dec-marlboro> This is a pet gripe of mine. I called Microsoft once to try to BUY some manuals and they essentially told me to go jump in a lake -- they told me to call the manufacturer of my system (DEC). At that time, DEC had not published ANY useful documentation on MS-DOS. I don't understand why Microsoft didn't want to sell me the manuals. I had the order numbers (these are "generic" MS-DOS manuals). Fortunately, DEC now publishes a reasonably complete set of internal documentation on the Rainbow and its version of MS-DOS (although the price is, typically, high... around $200). I don't have the order numbers in front of me but if anyone wants them I can look it up. --------
johna@haddock.UUCP (03/08/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-1696800:haddock:13200008:000:304 haddock!johna Mar 7 16:43:00 1984 Have you thought of looking into the IBM publication 6024061. This is the DOS manual for 2.0 that comes with the PC. It should be available wherever PCs are sold. Caution! the DOS manual for 2.1 does not contain all the technical material. Hope this helps. decvax! ima!haddock!johna