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Hi

I wish to write a voicemail application for OS/2 and could do with some
book recommendations.

First let me say a little about myself: I am a professional software engineer,
and most of my work is done in C or C++ under UNIX (mostly Solaris, some HP/UX
and AIX). I have written a couple of applications which use serial I/O under
Solaris, but I have never written a modem application.

I have been using OS/2 at home for >1 year and am _very_ pleased with it.
However, I have been disappointed by the lack of voicemail software. There
seems to be nothing for the chipset on my modem (Cirrus Logic). So I decided
to learn something about OS/2 programming and write my own. If I am
successful I may release the software as shareware at some point in the
future.

So I know about C++ and C programming, but nothing about OS/2 programming and
programming (voice) modems. Can anyone recommend some books to get me started?
Specifically, I am interested in:

* a good modem programming book, voicemail examples would be nice!! (I am
  already tracking down the documentation, AT commands and programmers
  guide for my modem, so I am looking for a more general introduction to
  programming a modem).

* a book for programmers who already know C and C++ and want to begin with
  OS/2. e.g., how do I write PM apps? Or -- I know about multithreading
  under Solaris, how does it work under OS/2?

I plan to use the GNU C++ compiler/EMX; a book that comes with it on CD would
be a nice bonus, otherwise I can download it myself.

TIA,
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