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When I approach most OSes, I often find purchasing some 3rd party manual 
or guide is the best quick learning resource. It worked for me in Linux 
and FreeBSD, so I would hope something similar can be found for eCS. Can 
anyone recommend a good book on getting up to speed on OS/2-eCS?

Hi Ed

Ed Hurst wrote:
> When I approach most OSes, I often find purchasing some 3rd party manual 
> or guide is the best quick learning resource. It worked for me in Linux 
> and FreeBSD, so I would hope something similar can be found for eCS. Can 
> anyone recommend a good book on getting up to speed on OS/2-eCS?
>


Maybe the Desktop Guide will help a little.

That guide is in Local System -> Help Center -> Information -> 
eComStation Components -> IBM Convenience Package


I'm sure I saw a "Warp for Dummies" (or similar) sometime mid 1990's
but 
there are bound to be a few better books than that floating around  :-)

Maybe a hunt on Amazon, ebay and similar will find a few useful 
titles... or maybe not having just had a quick look.

I did find a few useful looking titles here 
http://www.powells.com/s?kw=os%2F2&x=0&y=0

I cannot recommend any particular titles from experience, maybe someone 
else can jump in here, but titles like "Inside OS/2" and "OS/2 
Certification Handbook" look potentially useful. Looks like I was wrong 
about "Warp for Dummies" I was probably thinking of "OS/2 for
Dummies" - 
not that the title is that much different  :-)

Hope the above is of help

Pete

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 12:30:08 UTC, ehurst@asisaid.com (Ed Hurst) wrote:

-> When I approach most OSes, I often find purchasing some 3rd party manual 
-> or guide is the best quick learning resource. It worked for me in Linux 
-> and FreeBSD, so I would hope something similar can be found for eCS. Can 
-> anyone recommend a good book on getting up to speed on OS/2-eCS?
-> 

One of the last printed books for OS/2 was "Getting Know OS/2 Warp
4",
from IBM 
http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Know-OS-Warp-4/dp/0138421471/ref=sr_1_2?
ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207622530&sr=8-2  Basically the manual that IBM

never included.

One of the best books for OS/2 was for Warp 3, OS/2 Warp Unleashed,  
by David Moskowitz and others. 
http://www.amazon.com/Os-Warp-Unleashed-Book-Rom/dp/0672305453/ref=sr_
1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207622892&sr=1-1  

Mark

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