Vio and Kbd calls using GCC2.2.2

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From: Hale Landis
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 22:44

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The KBD, MOU and VIO calls ARE supported by OS/2 2.0!

See the WORMS sample program that comes with the IBM C
Developer's WorkSet/2.  These system calls are defined in the
BSE*.h header files that also come with the IBM package.

Does the GCC compiler have a .h file for these?  I don't know.
But I do know that IBM has failed, BIG TIME, to provide the
proper information about these functions.

THE ONLY THING THAT IS MISSING IS ANY, REPEAT ANY, REFERENCE TO
THESE FUNCTIONS IN THE IBM OS/2 2.0 TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION.

Come on IBMer's:  What are you doing about this?  Where is the
documentation for these functions?  Not all programs are PM
programs!  Not all programs will be PM programs!  Some people
don't like PM programs!  Some people don't understand GUI
interfaces!  Some programs just don't work well with a GUI
interface!  Lets get with it and document these functions!

Yes, some of you IBMer's did comment here previously that you
could use the OS/2 1.x technical documentation for these
functions but this is the WRONG answer!  The OS/2 1.x
documentation is virually unavailable.

WE NEED REAL OS/2 2.0 DOCUMENTATION FOR THESE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
AND WE NEED IT NOW!

What do we have to do to get IBM's attention on this matter?
Write to the CEO?  No problem, I bet we could flood his
office with letters!

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Hale Landis                              Ph 408-423-4017
landis@sugs.tware.com -or- hale_landis@notes.seagate.com
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Subject: Vio and Kbd calls using GCC2.2.2
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