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First post, by LindaDelme

Posted on 2009-06-23, 06:00

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Hi all,

Free to a good home, especially to anyone who's interested in making DOSBOX even more robust & compatible:

I've got a dozen or so manuals on DOS programming, including:

- Undocument DOS
- Advanced MSDOS programming
- Programmer's guide to EGA & VGA cards
- Programming VGA Graphics

... And a bunch of others (DR-DOS manuals & install media, MSDOS manuals & install disks).

Are these any use to anyone, or should I just chuck them out?

Reply 1 of 7, by Qbix

Posted on 2009-06-23, 06:59

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Aside from coding dosbox I really like reading those books 😀

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Reply 2 of 7, by elfuego

Posted on 2009-06-23, 08:40

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Send a copy my way too, if its not a bother to scan 😉

Reply 3 of 7, by tannerstevo

Posted on 2009-06-23, 15:29

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In my opinion, books are one thing that should never, ever be thrown away.

Reply 4 of 7, by MiniMax

Posted on 2009-06-23, 15:49

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Anyone who has ever read/seen Fahrenheit 451 will cry when a book is thrown away.

Reply 5 of 7, by temptingthelure

Posted on 2009-06-25, 05:31

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Why don't you scan them, make a pdf of them, and put them up for download. That is, unless that's not allowed.

Reply 6 of 7, by swaaye

Posted on 2009-06-25, 06:14

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Well for one it's a very time consuming undertaking to scan a large book. She's giving the actual books away to whoever wants them. That's good enough isn't it?!?

Reply 7 of 7, by vasyl

Posted on 2009-06-29, 10:21

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My guess is "Programmer's Guide to EGA & VGA" is the one by Ferraro. The last edition is 1600 pages long! "Time consuming" is an understatement there.

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