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Article #972Re: Missing documentation - KBD, MOU and VIO
From: Orville R. Weyrich
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:01
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 08:01
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In article <9209080106.AA19548@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM ("Kenneth A. Kahn") writes:
>Organization: Staff of IBM Fellow - IBM Personal/370
>Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
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>References: <715895337snx@sugs.tware.com>
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>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?
>>
>
>These APIs are not documented in any 2.0 technical manual because they are
>not supported in 32-bit mode. They are supported in 16-bit mode which is
>what thunking is all about. This is mentioned in one or two of the ToolKit
>Manuals for 2.0 but I forget which right now. The actual description and
>syntax for these APis however must be looked up in the 1.x technical manuals.
That may be fine for long-time OS/2 developers, but what do new-comers to
OS/2 do? Are the 1.x manuals still in print? If so, what is the relevant
ordering information? Or we just SOL?
orville
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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: Missing documentation - KBD, MOU and VIO Message-ID: <1992Sep10.080111.2392@weyrich.UUCP> Sender: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich) Reply-To: tnet.com!weyrich!orville Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting References: <9209080106.AA19548@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 92 08:01:11 GMT Lines: 30