RL>What does a dos C/C++ programmer need to get to move to 
RL>OS/2?  I've been given a list of five or six compilers, and 
RL>will probably end up using GNU (because it's free) at least 
RL>until they finally debug Borland C++ for OS/2.

   GNU C compiler is a good place for a hobbyist programmer to start.  Then
I recommend moving on to IBM's Cset++ (that's what I did).

RL>Anyway, my problem is, I'm aware of a lot of new function calls that
RL>start with the word DOS (DosCreateThread, etc...) that have 
RL>nothing whatsoever to do with dos emulation, and I'm 

   They are Disk based OS calls....

RL>wondering how do you learn them?  (No, I'm not shelling out 

   I learnt all the ones I've used from INF files that I got with C
compilers, and PD docs in INF format that float around fidonet.

RL>$800 bucks to get IBM's red books.  If I had $800 bucks to 
RL>waste I'd get a magneto-optical drive, or 16 megs of ram, 

   I haven't yet needed to buy a book on OS/2 programming.....  I haven't
done any PM programming though, just 32 bit text mode stuff.

RL>I've heard that some guy named peltzold is supposed to have 
RL>written a good book.  Is it, and what's it called?

   He wrote a good book on PM programming for OS/2 1.3....



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