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Article #571Pricelist for IBM doc set ( call 1-800-IBM-PCTB to order)
From: Martin P. Smith
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 03:06
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 03:06
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In article <1992Jul29.171030.7248@tamsun.tamu.edu> dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf) writes:
>In article <1992Jul29.154428.12738@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
>>In article <1992Jul28.021436.2865@hellgate.utah.edu> brian%jensen.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
>>>Why does IBM charge so much for the hardcopy manual set?
>>Perhaps because it consists of 17 large volumes?
>
>Something that I haven't seen mentioned in this discussion (or I may have
>missed it) is that you don't have to buy all 17 volumes. Each volume
>has its own IBM publication number, so you can order them separately
>(or so a Team OS/2 member tells me).
>
>Now, would someone who was rich enough to pay the $300 volunteer to
>post the title and publication number (and maybe even a brief
>description) of each volume in the set? Chances are, most of us will
>only need a handful of volumes to get our job done.
I am not rich enough to buy all the docs but heres the list. I have noted those
that exist online with C-set 2.
I am only getting a few myself. This list was included along with my copy of
the C Developers Workset/2.
Description Part Number Price
All of the following 10g3356 $299
Application Design Guide 10g6260 $15
Programming Guide Vol 1 10g6261 $15
2 10g6494 $25
3 10g6495 $15
IPF Guide and Ref 10g6262 $15 On-line
System Object Mdule G&R 10g6309 $9 On-line
Comtrol Program Programming
REf 10g6263 $25 On-line
PM Prog Ref Vol 1 10g6264 $35 On-line
II 10g6265 $35 On-line
III 10g6272 $35 On-line
Phys Device Driver Ref 10g6266 $30
Virtual Dev Dr Ref 10g6310 $10
Presentation Driver Ref 10g6267 $25
Pr\ocedures Languages 2 (PL2 !!!!)
REXX reference 10g6268 $15
REXX user guide 10g6269 $10
SAA CUA Guide to user interface design 10g6270 $10
Advanced Ineterface Des Ref 10g6271 $18.25
As I mentioned I don't own these so I cannot comment on content. I have seen
the programming guides and I have ordered those. I will also get the GUA guides
but that is most likely my lot.
Martin Smith
msmith@netcom.com
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