History of programming for dos/windows
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Does anybody have any interesting links or books on the history of MS-DOS and Windows development? I've always been interested as to how development was progressed in terms of the APIs used etc in the past 20 years or so, particularly for MS OS's.
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
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Does anybody have any interesting links or books on the history of MS-DOS and Windows development? I've always been interested as to how development was progressed in terms of the APIs used etc in the past 20 years or so, particularly for MS OS's.
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
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Does anybody have any interesting links or books on the history of MS-DOS and Windows development? I've always been interested as to how development was progressed in terms of the APIs used etc in the past 20 years or so, particularly for MS OS's.
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
Some more: This is some history on NT. Not specifically developer oriented but it does has some stuff on the API etc.: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winserver2k3_gold1.asp[^] This is a history of the Windows API: http://www.iseran.com/Win32/FAQ/history.html[^]
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Does anybody have any interesting links or books on the history of MS-DOS and Windows development? I've always been interested as to how development was progressed in terms of the APIs used etc in the past 20 years or so, particularly for MS OS's.
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
This is the reference I used to do "advanced" DOS programming. PC Interrupts It covers hundreds of interupts from basic BIOS calls to Banyan Vines. It doesn't have a history of DOS programming, but it is a comprehensive collection of all the DOS interrupts.
Back when I learned to program, we didn't have fancy functions and objects. We had interrupts and we liked it. I may be working, but I'm not working for you. - Superchunk -
Does anybody have any interesting links or books on the history of MS-DOS and Windows development? I've always been interested as to how development was progressed in terms of the APIs used etc in the past 20 years or so, particularly for MS OS's.
Simon Walton
Sonork: 10024P
Check out Raymond Chen's blog[^], he's been around since the OS/2 days and has many historical posts in his blog. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- "That probably would've sounded more commanding if I wasn't wearing my yummy sushi pajamas." -- Buffy
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Check out Raymond Chen's blog[^], he's been around since the OS/2 days and has many historical posts in his blog. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- "That probably would've sounded more commanding if I wasn't wearing my yummy sushi pajamas." -- Buffy
Michael Dunn wrote: he's been around since the OS/2 days Ouch! Thanks for making me feel reeeeealy old :) Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
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Michael Dunn wrote: he's been around since the OS/2 days Ouch! Thanks for making me feel reeeeealy old :) Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
:laugh::laugh::laugh: CP/M anyone?:sigh: Gee, Tom, you probably could recite the history of DOS from memory! I'm too old to remember it...:(( Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: CP/M anyone?:sigh: Gee, Tom, you probably could recite the history of DOS from memory! I'm too old to remember it...:(( Some people think of it as a six-pack; I consider it more of a support group.
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Michael Dunn wrote: he's been around since the OS/2 days Ouch! Thanks for making me feel reeeeealy old :) Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework
It's funny you mention that. Sometimes when Raymond talks about the history of some convoluted API that dates back to the old days (pre-Win 3.1) some newbie who wouldn't know a 5 1/4" disk if it bit him on the arse will chime in and say "oh that's dumb, just do abc and keep xyz locked in memory and it'd be easy!". Then I have to remind the sod that Win 95 had to run in 4 megabytes of RAM. (Then just to be sure he reads it right I have to repeat "that's four MEGAbytes"). I feel like Abe Simpson when I talk about the Win 95 days... --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- "Linux is good. It can do no wrong. It is open source so must be right. It has penguins. I want to eat your brain." -- Paul Watson, Linux Zombie
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It's funny you mention that. Sometimes when Raymond talks about the history of some convoluted API that dates back to the old days (pre-Win 3.1) some newbie who wouldn't know a 5 1/4" disk if it bit him on the arse will chime in and say "oh that's dumb, just do abc and keep xyz locked in memory and it'd be easy!". Then I have to remind the sod that Win 95 had to run in 4 megabytes of RAM. (Then just to be sure he reads it right I have to repeat "that's four MEGAbytes"). I feel like Abe Simpson when I talk about the Win 95 days... --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- "Linux is good. It can do no wrong. It is open source so must be right. It has penguins. I want to eat your brain." -- Paul Watson, Linux Zombie
Michael Dunn wrote: I feel like Abe Simpson when I talk about the Win 95 days... :laugh: I feel you, brother! Cheers, Tom Archer "Use what talents you possess. The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best." - William Blake * Inside C# -Second Edition * Visual C++.NET Bible * Extending MFC Applications with the .NET Framework