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From: rde@ukc.UUCP (R.D.Eager)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: DOS 2.x question
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Date: Thu, 4-Jul-85 23:12:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  4 23:12:14 1985
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I  haven't  seen a great deal on the subject, but two comments may be of
interest:

   * The documentation given to OEMs looks only slightly better than
      that given to the poor end user

   * One book which I can recommend (although it doesn't go as far as
      some of the net articles) is the "IBM PC-DOS Handbook", by
      Richard Allen King (published by Sybex)

I find it depressing that a  firm  like  Microsoft,  having  obtained  a
stranglehold  on the marketplace (more by accident than design it seems)
produce such awful documentation. The latest MASM  documentation  is  an
improvement, but for example the MSDOS Programmers Manual is a disaster.

Are  you  listening  Microsoft? Give  me  the dope and let me write your
manual for you.....
-- 
           Bob Eager

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