Black octavo, xiv, 289 pages, b&w illustrations; 24 cm. A rare and exciting technical examination of the philosophy, key development issues, programming implications, and future of the Microsoft OS/2 operating system. Here is revealing information every MS OS/2 programmer will find invaluable. Contents: History of the project ? Goals and compatibility issues ? The OS/2 religion ? Multitasking ? Threads and scheduler/priorities ? The use interface ? Dynamic linking ? File system name space ? Memory management ? Environment strings ? Interprocess communication ? Signals ? The presentation manager and VIO ? Interactive programs ? The file system ? Deice monitors, data integrity, and time services ? Device drivers and hard errors ? I/O privilege mechanism and debugging /Ptrace ? The 3x box ? Family API ? The future. Operating systems (Computers). Uncommon in such nice condition. No DJ, as issued. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, very light soiling to fore-edges, bright pages in tight binding, else Near Fine(+).

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Inside Os/2

Publisher

Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington

Publication Date

1988

Language

English

ISBN 10

1556151179

ISBN 13

9781556151170

Binding

Paperback

Edition

Fourth printing.

Condition

Near Fine(+)

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Science, Technology & Computers

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First Edition. Vintage computer book. Foreword by Bill Gates. Slight shelf and edge wear. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

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