scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden) (09/12/90)
If you could only have 1 DOS Programmer's Ref book/guide for your programming needs, which would it be? I've heard reports about Duncan's book and I read a favorable review of a Que book a the recent Programmer Specialist/Techniques/Journal (one of these) mag. -scott
spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) (09/13/90)
In article <1077@applix.com> scotte@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes: >If you could only have 1 DOS Programmer's Ref book/guide for your >programming needs, which would it be? Definitly, positively, without a doubt, the MS Press "MSDOS Encyclopedia". Has everything. A bit scanty on DOS 4.0 and above though... Joel Spolsky spolsky@cs.yale.edu Silence = Death
Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (09/13/90)
In article <26138@cs.yale.edu>, spolsky-joel@cs.yale.edu (Joel Spolsky) wrote: }In article <1077@applix.com> scotte@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes: }>If you could only have 1 DOS Programmer's Ref book/guide for your }>programming needs, which would it be? } }Definitly, positively, without a doubt, the MS Press "MSDOS }Encyclopedia". Has everything. A bit scanty on DOS 4.0 and above }though... And very scanty on undocumented calls :-) -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=- 412-268-3053 (school) -=- FAX: ask ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: 1:129/3.1 Disclaimer? | I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. What's that? | I said I didn't know. --Mark Twain
scjones@thor.UUCP (Larry Jones) (09/13/90)
In article <1077@applix.com>, scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden) writes: > If you could only have 1 DOS Programmer's Ref book/guide for your > programming needs, which would it be? I've heard reports about > Duncan's book and I read a favorable review of a Que book a the > recent Programmer Specialist/Techniques/Journal (one of these) mag. That's a tough one. It's a toss-up between Ray Duncan's "Advanced MS-DOS" and Microsoft's "MS-DOS Technical Encyclopedia". If you forced me to choose, I think I'd take the Encyclopedia, but I'd have both if I possibly could. ---- Larry Jones UUCP: uunet!sdrc!thor!scjones SDRC scjones@thor.UUCP 2000 Eastman Dr. BIX: ltl Milford, OH 45150-2789 AT&T: (513) 576-2070 You know how Einstein got bad grades as a kid? Well MINE are even WORSE! -- Calvin
mkallas@digi.lonestar.org (mark kallas) (09/14/90)
(I tried to E-Mail this but it didn't work, please bear with me)
"ADVANCED MSDOS PROGRAMING" by Ray Duncan from Microsoft Press is very good
if you are either writing in C or Assembly language. In section one, He
covers many areas such as keyboard/mouse input, video display, printer and
serial ports, file management, disk directories, memory management,
interrupt handlers, device drivers, filters and compatibility. He discribes
the concepts and gives source code (C and assembler) to be used as an example.
In sections 2, 3 and 4 describes all the DOS function calls. He gives
all inputs and outputs, and gives examples. There are also notes. These
give you an idea of what and how DOS does things as well as things to
watch out for. His second edition is current through DOS version 4.0.
All for the low, low price of $25. You can save 20% if you know a good
discount book store such as BookStop.
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In article <1077@applix.com> scotte@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes: >If you could only have 1 DOS Programmer's Ref book/guide for your >programming needs, which would it be? I've heard reports about >Duncan's book and I read a favorable review of a Que book a the >recent Programmer Specialist/Techniques/Journal (one of these) mag. I have the Que book, and I like it very much. However, I will admit I really got it for its extensive discussion of interrupts and how to call