DOS power tools
by Paul Somerson · first published 1988
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…from, it was basically my Bible. I don't have it anymore, I wish I could remember what it was. People recommend Code a lot, but I don't think that was it. Edit: it wasn't Charles Petzold at all, it was DOS Power Tools by Paul Somerson
on “Why does trying to break into the NT 3.1 kernel reboot my 486DX4 machine?” ↗I remember the excitement of being able to finally make my own .exe files with QuickBasic. It was like earning a new merit badge. First .bat, then .exe, then later using PC Magazine's "DOS Power Tools" book I started to write what I recall were .com files using assembly that was entered into some crude edit software that shipped with DOS. I kind of wish I would have gone deeper with that; instead I…
on “30 years later, QBasic is still the best” ↗Similar here....I remember becoming a proper adult, putting my huge PC Magazine DOS Power Tools book away and getting OS/2 Warp running, playing with Rexx. You could do Presentation Manager windows and things direct from Rexx, right? It seemed pretty neat at the time. Should have kept the DOS batch…
on “Regina Rexx Interpreter” ↗