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- From: "mike frisch" <mike.frisch@canrem.com>
- Subject: opinion: what ibm should
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.4881.37215@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "mike frisch" <mike.frisch@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 31 Dec 92 00:48:33 EST
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- In a previous message, chris@cad.gatech.edu (Chris McClellen) writes:
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- CM> Those are some good suggestions. I wish IBM would supply BETTER documentat
- CM> WITH OS/2. I hate the online reference. You basically only get to search
- CM> for topics you want help on. Now, the REXX information thing is good,
- CM> but the rest of them are disjointed. I would like to see printed
- CM> manuals distributed with OS/2, that are in a clear format.
-
- I agree with you that 'paper' documentation would've been better
- with OS/2 since I can't stand the online docs either, but considering
- the information contained in the online documentation, it would've
- driven the price of OS/2 at least double what it is now.
-
- CM> One thing that annoys me about OS/2 is that I do not know all of the
- CM> settings that can be put in config.sys, and that I dont know what alot
- CM> of the utilities, and files are. I try to look them up in all
- CM> the references, and they don't exist.
-
- This is why you scan any bulletin board systems or file sites for
- text files on these subjects. I've picked up MANY text files on the
- topics that you've mentioned and keep them accessible at all times. I
- would love to see a simple reference manual (such as the manual
- Microsoft included with DOS 5.0) that gives you a little information on
- all of the commands.
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