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advanced beginner needs book recomendations

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From: Ed Falk
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:17
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What's an "advanced beginner" you ask?  Me.  I'm extremely fluent in
both CP/M and Unix but don't know squat about MS-Dos.  I'd like to get
a book that contains all the info I need to know about programming
MS-Dos.  I don't want to buy one of those $30, 5-pound books that hold
your hand step by step and by the time you've read all 800 pages you
finally know how to copy a file.  (I've already got a commands handbook.)

I'm looking for a book that concisely explains all the system calls.  I
want to know how to do everything.  I want to know how to write device
drivers.  And I want it all in under 200 pages.

Basicly, I'm looking for a reference book, not a tutorial.  If it had
a chapter on 80386 machine language that would be nice too.

Anybody have any any favorite books they want to recommend?

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Subject: advanced beginner needs book recomendations
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