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- ║ Programmer's Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC Sv1.9 ║
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- This is a user-supported technical reference. If you find this information
- to be of use, please mail your check or money order for US $20 to:
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- │ Dave Williams, DosRef │
- │ PO Box 181 │
- │ Jacksonville, AR 72076-0181 │
- │ USA │
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- Postage and handling are included, with USPS air mail to anywhere in the
- world. Please indicate US dollars on bank checks or money orders. Sorry, I
- have no way to take credit cards. Site licensing and product licensing terms
- are available.
-
- Why support the Tech Ref instead of relying on one of those public domain
- "interrupt lists"? Sheer size, for one. Even in LHarc format the Tech Ref
- bulks out to over a megabyte, making it too large for most sysops to consider
- keeping online. Registered users get support from me via:
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- The Courts of Chaos BBS (TechRef support board)
- RIME/RelayNet
- BIX
- GEnie
- CompuServe
- airmail
-
- You get the very latest edition of this manual on disk, with no worries
- about corrupted or tampered text. The Tech Ref is a quality product, in use
- by the US Navy, CalTech, Borland, NEC, Wang, General Motors, Citcorp,
- Rockwell, Honeywell, Digital Research, Central Point, hospitals, universities,
- and government agencies around the world.
-
- The Registered User reference consists of three 360k diskettes of the
- reference, appendices, references and sample source code. That's about three
- megabytes of raw data when uncompressed, or several times larger than the
- shareware version.
-
- The Registered User version contains information on device drivers, mouse
- programming, Virtual Control Program Interface, Microsoft Windows, hard
- drives, hardware information, virus and Trojan programs, EMS 3.2, LIM 4.0,
- EEMS 3.2, CD-ROM, network programming, DOS 3.31 and 4.0, and more.
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- Registered users may will be advised by mail of updates.
-
- Several people who have downloaded copies over two years old have written to
- see if I was still supporting the Reference. The answer is yes. Not only that,
- but my book contract calls for keeping the information current. If you're
- concerned, just drop a postcard.
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- Foreign langauge versions are available!
-
- Klaus Overhage of Stuttgart, West Germany has licensed the Tech Ref for
- redistribution and is now able to provide versions of the Tech Ref in German.
- Klaus' version is a separate product from this one and must be purchased
- separately. Klaus is providing full support for German users. If you'd like
- a copy in German, please contact:
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- Klaus Overhage
- Rosenstrasse 15 A
- 7000 Stuttgart 50
- West Germany
-
- I hope to have other languages available soon. If you are interested in
- purchase or translation, please contact me for details.
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- For payment in British pounds, Canadian dollars or EuroCheques, see
- INVOICE.TRF. I fully support foreign users! If you're having trouble
- arranging payment, write (or leave EMail) and I'll try to work something out.
-
- Do you live outside the US? If so, you're probably familiar with the
- hassles of keeping up with the latest information - the three to five month
- lead time for US publication, plus time for local book dealers to catalog
- new releases, plus problems in trying to order... plus the delays while your
- book comes in on special order, goes through Customs, the inevitable price
- hikes through all the middlemen, taxes... not only is the TechRef priced
- well below the price of good printed computer books in the US, it's probably
- far cheaper than you could expect to pay for US books locally. Plus your
- order will show up in your very own mailbox by air mail.
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- Printed copies of the Tech Ref are available for £16.95 or US$35.10 from
- Sigma Press, marketed by John Wiley & Sons UK. Address orders to:
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- Programmer's Technical Reference, by Dave Williams
- ISBN 185058-199-1
- John Wiley & Sons
- Baffins Lane
- Chichester
- West Sussex PO19 1UD
- England
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- They accept checks, most credit cards, or purchase orders.
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- The latest shareware version is always available on BIX the ibm.dos/listings
- area, the GEnie IBM file area, or:
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- The Courts of Chaos, (501)985-0059 (support BBS)
- RelayNet node ->CHAOS
- send mail in COMMON or MULTITSK (I'm the Conference Host for Multitask)
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- Shareware is try-before-you buy software. If you find this package to be of
- use you should consider registering. Registered users get the complete
- version, support, and updates.
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- If you received this copy of DOSREF from a shareware vendor the money you
- paid was only for the diskette, not the software.
-
- Dave Williams is a member of the User Supported Software Association (ussa).
- ussa wants to make sure that the user supported software principle works for
- you. If you are unable to resolve a software-related problem with a ussa
- member by contacting the member directly, ussa may be able to help. The ussa
- Mediator can help you resolve a dispute or problem with a ussa member, but
- does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the
- ussa Mediator at Box 1000, London SE17 2UA, England.
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