Hello Jonathan!

Wednesday January 11 1995 05:06, Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote to Coridon
Henshaw:                  ^^^^^

 JdBP>   The water is lovely ...  (-:

If I can find my way past the sharks... :)

 JdBP>   The APIs are pretty regular.  There are several good books on OS/2,
 JdBP>   and no doubt you will be showered with recommendations.

I have now found what I was looking for in the online docs for Watcom C.
Watcom didn't exactly make it easy for those who are new to OS/2
programming to find them, however...

 JdBP> For example, the exact reason why DOS programs cannot write to
 JdBP> the hard disc directly (I pick a topical subject entirely at random.)



 JdBP> There are also plenty of other references, the most famous of which
 JdBP> is _Real_World_Programming_for_OS/2_.

I bought that some time ago, and I agree with your assesment.  It's
certainly a good way to learn PM programming, but at the moment I think
I'll set my sights a little lower and aim for VIO.

I quickly learned that a good deal of the things that I learned about DOS
programming go out the window(s) when dealing with OS/2.  Unlearning habits
isn't easy :(.  For example, accepting that API functions have 'sizes'
(16-bit & 32-bit) isn't easy when you're used to the one-size-fits-all
INT 21 API.

 JdBP>   Partly because there is in fact a whole heap of official
 JdBP>   documentation circulated by IBM.

If you can afford it...

 JdBP>  + Origin: DoNoR/2,Woking UK (44-1483-725167) (2:440/4)

Woking?  Where is that in the UK?

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