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terryfry@access.digex.com (Terry Fry) writes:

>In article <715981801snx@sugs.tware.com> landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis) writes:
>>In article <9209080106.AA19548@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM writes:
>>
>>  > In <715895337snx@sugs.tware.com> Hale Landis writes:
>>  > >Has anyone found the (missing) documentation for the KBD, MOU and
>>  > >VIO functions in the OS/2 2.0 manuals?

>>Sorry, but I think that is the wrong answer:  I don't have the
>>1.x technical manuals and I bet few other people have them!  If
>>these are supported, even if for backward compatibility, I should
>>be able to find some reference to them in the 2.0 manuals.  Also,
>>if they are considered 'old', then what replaces them?  How about
>>some documentation to aid us old (read non-GUI) programmers that
>>have programs that use these functions?

>I havn't found any reference to the 1.x calls in the 2.0 toolkit, either.
>I happen to have the MS PM 1.2 Toolkit, I just loaded up the quickhelp
>and run with this.

>>
>>My bet is that there are far more non-GUI (not PM) programs
>>than there are GUI (PM) programs for OS/2.  I also would bet
>>that a lot of these will get 'upgraded' to 2.0 without being
>>converted to PM programs.  By not including any documentation
>>(not even the slightest reference) that I can find in the 2.0
>>manuals, IBM is not making life easy out here.

>Your right, I think that IBM has under-estimated the amount of programers
>that simply want to code in a Vio format.  Most of what everyone
>here does is get whatever engine they want running in a full screen
>program... then its PM time.  This habit came from inherit problems
>debugging under 1.x PM with codeview and dealing with Async events.

>I don't think that 2.0 needs a 32bit Vio system, just some reference
>for us to utilize the 16 system there.

Anyone who has an old copy of the Microsoft Programmer's CDROM already
has the documentation for the old calls.
-- 
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
 
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