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Pricelist for IBM doc set ( call 1-800-IBM-PCTB to order)

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From: Martin P. Smith
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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