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Article #609Re: The expensive IBM doc set
From: Orville R. Weyrich
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 05:46
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 05:46
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In article <1992Jul29.171030.7248@tamsun.tamu.edu> dlb5404@tamsun.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf) writes: > >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 just bought the CSET/2 compiler and tool suite. With it came a 5 page or so (depending if you want to count the order form and blank pages) pamphlet entitled "OS/2 2.0 Technical Library Publications Order Form." It gives a brief paragraph describing each of the volumes. If this is worth the net.bandwidth and it wouldn't violate copyrights, I could type the whole thing in (let me know). But the short answer is that the phone number to call is 1-800-IBM-PCTB, and yes, the 17 books are available individually. There is both a "Part Number" and a "Form Number". You save about $45 by buying the bundle over the 17 volumes individually. The Form Number appears to be the same as the Part Number, except that it is prefixed by a "S". Order info follows: Description Part Number Online Price ====================================== =========== ====== ====== Application Design Guide 10G-6260 $15.00 Programming Guide Volume I 10G-6261 $15.00 Programming Guide Volume II 10G-6494 $25.00 Programming Guide Volume III 10G-6495 $15.00 Information Presentation Facility ... 10G-6262 Y $15.00 System Object Model 10G-6309 Y $9.00 Control Program Programming ... 10G-6263 Y $25.00 Presentation Manager ... Vol. I 10G-6264 Y $35.00 Presentation Manager ... Vol. II 10G-6265 Y $35.00 Presentation Manager ... Vol. III 10G-6272 Y $35.00 Physical Device Driver ... 10G-6266 $30.00 Virtual Device Driver ... 10G-6310 $10.00 Presentation Driver ... 10G-6267 $25.00 ... REXX Reference 10G-6268 $15.00 ... REXX User's Guide 10G-6269 $10.00 SAA CUA Guide to User Interface Design 10G-6270 $10.00 SAA CUA Advanced Interface Design ... 10G-6271 $18.25 Products listed with "Y" in the column "Online" are described in the pamphlet as also being available online (presumably with the CSET/2). "The products and prices quoted are for the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands only." Hope this helps. Now, if someone can help me ... I can't figure out from the skimpy docs that came with the CSET/2 how to simply invoke the compiler and linker to compile a simple "hello world" program. Any hints on where to look for info on this? Is there a brief set of instructions in an archive somewhere? orville -------------------------------------- ********************************** Orville R. Weyrich, Jr. Weyrich Computer Consulting Certified Data Processor POB 5782, Scottsdale, AZ 85261 Certified Systems Professional Voice: (602) 391-0821 Certified Computer Programmer Internet: orville%weyrich@tnet.com -------------------------------------- **********************************
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Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!weyrich!orville From: orville%weyrich@tnet.com (Orville R. Weyrich) Subject: Re: The expensive IBM doc set Message-ID: <1992Jul31.054621.1544@weyrich.UUCP> Sender: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich) Reply-To: tnet.com!weyrich!orville Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting References: <1992Jul28.021436.2865@hellgate.utah.edu> <1992Jul29.154428.12738@njitgw.njit.edu> <1992Jul29.171030.7248@tamsun.tamu.edu> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 05:46:21 GMT Lines: 71