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In article <vvrjht-.rcain@netcom.com>, rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain) writes:
|> tanith@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael D Kretzer) writes:
|> : > I read that thet IBM programmer's kit is $119 (educational), but includes
|> : > a compiler.      
|> : > 
|> : > Can people like me who have Watcom C/386 v.9 get it cheaper without the
|> : > compiler, since we already have one?
|> : 
|> : Yes, order the IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 2.0 (I don't have the
|> : product number handy) $83 (educational) [are you SURE that the programmer's
|> : kit that you were looking at included a C compiler?]).  It includes
|> : the libraries, tools, and online documentation needed for 2.0 development.
|> 
|> I beg to differ.  It contains the documentation needed to use the tools.
|> And it contains the condensed O.L. references to API's that are useful when
|> you already basically know them.  The real documentation to tell you how
|> to use those API's to do 2.0 development is called the Technical Reference
|> Library and costs $1021.00 ala carte.
|> 
|> No upgrade path from the 1.3 SDK which included most all this in the meal.
|> -- 
|> Bob Cain    rcain@netcom.com   408-358-2007
|> 
|> "There are some strings.  They're just not attached."
|>                                                     Victoria Roberts
	Can you order the IBM toolkits with educational discounts direct for IBM or do you have to tangle with your local computer store? Could the Developers toolkit be used with the Gnu compiler to make PM programs? If not what would be the minimum system needed to make PM programs? ( I think I can pass on the official IBM documentation. I have few books on programming PM under 1.1 and am willing to wait for third party books to come out). thanks for the help.