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In article <717979472snx@sugs.tware.com> landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis) writes:
>THE ONLY THING THAT IS MISSING IS ANY, REPEAT ANY, REFERENCE TO
>THESE FUNCTIONS IN THE IBM OS/2 2.0 TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION.

IBM knows this.  I think it's deliberate.  I think they want to move
the OS/2 developers to a PM-only system.  I guess this is some attempt
to make things more mac-like.

>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.

I don't think any IBMers said that.  I know I said so.  I didn't
think the 1.3 toolkit was unavailable.  I borrowed some books from
someone who had it, and they work fine.

There are a few quick reference books on the OS/2 1.0 API out there.
(one of them by Microsoft, and it's still in print!)  They will cover
the most essential 16-bit functions.  All of them (except for two
nearly-useless ones) are in the OS2386.LIB and OS2286.LIB libraries,
although not all are in the headers.

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

No kidding!

>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!

A flood starts with one drop.  Write away.
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