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Re: Missing documentation - KBD, MOU and VIO

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From: Orville R. Weyrich
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
>News-Software: UReply 3.0
>X-X-From: KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM (Ken Kahn)
>References: <715895337snx@sugs.tware.com>
>
>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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