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? Programmer's Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC SWv2.2a ?
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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 + $1.75 S&H to:
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? Dave Williams, DOSREF ?
? PO Box 181 ?
? Jacksonville, AR 72076-0181 ?
? USA ?
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Shipping is US Postal Service Air Mail. For non-Australian foreign orders,
see the file 'PAYMENT'. Site licensing and product licensing terms are
available.
If you wish to make payment in Australian dollars, please mail your check
or money order for AUS $29 or credit card information to to:
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? Spearwood Shareware Service ?
? PO Box 121 ?
? Hamilton Hill, WA 6163 ?
? Australia ?
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Spearwood Shareware Service is our authorized Australian dealer.
They will forward your order to the USA and you will receive the
absolute latest version of DOSREF by airmail straight from the
author. This means there will be about a three week delay before
your order arrives. We appreciate your business!
Spearwood is our dealer only; for support write or E-mail the
author, Dave Williams, at the above address.
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Why support DOSREF instead of relying on one of those public domain
"interrupt lists"? Sheer size, for one. Even in LHarc format DOSREF
bulks out to over a megabyte, making it too large for most sysops to
consider keeping online. Registered users also get support via:
The Courts of Chaos BBS (TechRef support board)
RIME/RelayNet
BIX
CompuServe
airmail
You get the very latest edition of this manual on disk, with no worries
about corrupted or tampered text. DOSREF is a quality product, in use
by the US Navy, CalTech, Borland, NEC, Wang, General Motors, Citicorp,
Rockwell, Honeywell, Digital Research, Central Point Software, 20th Century
Fox, Associated Press, hospitals, universities, and government agencies
around the world.
The Registered User reference consists of over a megabyte of the compressed
technical reference, appendices, 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 2.x, hard
drives, hardware information, virus and Trojan programs, EMS 3.2, LIM 4.0,
EEMS 3.2, CD-ROM, network programming, DOS 5.0, and more.
Registered users will be advised by mail of updates.
Several people who have downloaded copies over three 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 DOSref for
redistribution and is now able to provide versions 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:
Klaus Overhage
Rosenstrasse 15 A
7000 Stuttgart 50
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 and PAYMENT. 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 DOSREF 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:
Programmer's Technical Reference
by Dave Williams
ISBN 185058-199-1
John Wiley & Sons
Baffins Lane
Chichester
West Sussex PO19 1UD
England
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:
The Courts of Chaos, (501)985-0059, (support BBS) CompuCom 9600
The Cat House, (501)376-6909, (sysop: Joe Felix) CompuCom 9600
RelayNet node ->CHAOS
send mail in COMMON or MULTITSK (I'm the Conference Host for Multitask)
MetroNet node ->CHAOS
send mail in METRONET
The DRAKE BBS, (0522) 824379, (sysop: Paolo Masetti)
Langhirano, Italy FIDOnet 2:332/502
GroupMed, (206) 581-9088 (sysop: Ismail Arslangiray)
Tacoma WA, USA FIDOnet 1:138/120 2400bps, 1:138/116 9600bps USR HST
instant access, latest DOSREF is FREQable
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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.
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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