IBM Personal Systems Developer

The IBM Personal Systems Developer was a quarterly magazine for OS/2 application developers. The Developer features a variety of technical articles, programming tips and techniques, product reviews, development case studies, and interviews with OS/2 industry leaders.

Articles from the first seven issues have been published by Microsoft Press in a book titled "OS/2 Notebook: The Best of the IBM Personal Systems Developer".


 * Editor: Dick Conklin
 * Publisher: IBM Corporation

Volume 1

 * Nov 1988 - G362-0001-00
 * 4-5 - Dan Barovich: Developer Assistance Program Update
 * 8-12 - John Tyler: OS/2 SE: Control of Async Handshake Protocols Using the Mode Command
 * 13-27 - P.Y. Chang; W.W. Myre: OS/2 EE Database Manager: Overview and Technical Highlights
 * 28-29 - Extended Edition Database Manager Common Questions
 * 30-31 - Extended Edition Communications Manager Common Questions
 * 34-35 - LAN Requester and Server Common Questions
 * 38-39 - General Questions About OS/2


 * Feb 1989 - G362-0001-01
 * 17-28 - Linda Magnuson: Conceptual Overview of the OS/2 Presentation Manager
 * 29-32 - Linda Magnuson: Programming for PM: Tools Make the Difference
 * 33-43 - Paul Cheatham, David Reich, Robert Robinson: Presentation Manager Architecture
 * 44-55 - Marc Cohen: A Multithread CPU Monitor
 * 56-59 - Nigel Hearne: A Toolkit for Developing Applications for DOS and Presentation Manager
 * 60-65 - Lucy Hanks; Margie Edwards: The RPG II Application Platform: An OS/2 Multi-user Extension
 * 86-87 - Bob Chernow; Rich Lemerman; Ben Chen: OS/2 1.1 Toolkit Q&A
 * 88-90 - Bruce G Borosky: Using Expanded Memory For Family Applications: Extending DOS to OS/2 Compatibility


 * Summer 1989 - G362-0001-02
 * 37-41 - Mike Cowlishaw; Rick McGuire; Steve Price: Overview of the Procedures Language 2/REXX
 * 107-115 - Moe Desrosiers; Keith Taylor: Applying CUA Principles to OS/2 Application Designs
 * 119–121 - Douglas A. Hamilton: Hamilton C Shell Announcement


 * Fall 1989 - G362-0001-03
 * 9-12 - Brian Proffit: OS/2 Compilers
 * 59-66 - Keith Taylor: Putting CUA Guidelines into Practice
 * 67-74 - Mary Wright: OS/2 File Systems
 * 93-97 - Randolph G. Bias; Mitch DeRidder: Human Factoring an OS/2 Application

Volume 2

 * Winter 1990 - G362-0001-04
 * 12-18 - Jeffry Ullman: Software Maintenance
 * John Ferris, Kerry Ortega:
 * 38-45 - Bryan Jackson: A Multi-User Server Using Named Pipes


 * Spring 1990 - G362-0001-05
 * Introduces New 32-bit OS/2 2.0


 * Summer 1990 - G362-0001-06
 * 7-9 - Jeffry Ullman: Software Maintenance
 * Programming to the OS/2 IEEE 802.2 API


 * Fall 1990 - G362-0001-07
 * 7 - Interview with Satish Gupta
 * 11 - Interview with Lee Reiswig
 * 13 - New Developments in 16 Bit OS/2
 * 17 - Spotlight: AutoCAD Version 10 for OS/2
 * 26 - Scott R. Swix: IBM Multimedia Product Chronology
 * 33 - Scott R. Swix: Programming the IBM M-Motion Video Adapter/A and M-Control Program
 * 40 - Guilio Maffini: Spatial Analysis
 * 48 - Gary Barron: CD-ROM and Multimedia
 * 53 - Jim Crossley: An OS/2 Business Graphics Toolkit
 * 58 - McFetridge: Corel Draw Migration to OS/2 PM
 * 68 - Horton: Collage PM: A Raster Bitmap Graphics OS/2 PM Application
 * 79 - Peter J. Hubbard: XGA Benefits OS/2 Applications
 * 81 - Nick Butler: XGA Technology
 * 90 - Ellis: Programming the Audio Visual Connection
 * 100 - Ely Eshel: XIPC: A Comprehensive IPC Environment for OS/2
 * 107 - Kevin Kornfeld: Front-ending Applications with EASEL
 * 115 - Martin J. Sirkin: Configuring Remote Data Services (Part 1 of 2)

Volume 3

 * Winter 1991 - G362-0001-08
 * 6 - Spotlight: DeScribe Word Publisher
 * 14 - Kohl: OS/2 Version 2.0 32-Bit Semaphore APIs
 * 19 - Scott Broussard: Developing Controls for Presentation Manager
 * 23 - Toghill: OS/2 PM Programming: A Performance Guide
 * 29 - Scott Isensee; James Rudd: Prototyping Software User Interfaces: Usability as a Competitive Edge
 * 35 - Brian Proffit: OS/2 Programmer's Editors
 * 38 - Valerie Enright: Information Presentation Facility: Author-Defined Viewports
 * 44 - Mary A. Wright: Customizing IPF Help Information: Author-Controlled Viewports
 * 55 - Robert L. Tycast: Using Command Entry Fields with IPF
 * 63 - Eichhorst: ENFIN/2: An Object-Oriented Fourth Generation Language Environment
 * 69 - Gilmore: The OS/2 BBS: Online Customer Support
 * 74 - Ralph Yozzo: Network File System Support
 * 83 - Kofman; Snow: OS/2 TCP/IP Distributed Computing APIs
 * 94 - Marty Sirkin: Configuring Remote Data Services (Part 2 of 2)
 * 103 - Gatt: POLYMOD2: Multi-User Capability For OS/2
 * 115 - James Gillig: National Language Support and OS/2


 * Spring 1991 - G362-0001-09
 * 4 - Joe Carusillo: Developer Assistance Program Update
 * 6 - Jeffry Ullman: Software Maintenance Update
 * 10 - Peter D. Goldstein: The SAS Applications System for OS/2
 * 21 - Brian Proffit: New Kids on the Block
 * 25 - Robert A. Gibson: Checking Memory References
 * 30 - Robert Orfali; Dan Harkey: Will the Real Client-Server Please Stand Up?
 * 34 - Lance D. Bader; John Q. Walker II: Classic Client-Server Transactions Using APPC
 * 43 - Michael R. MacFaden: Client-Server Computing Using PC's Dynamic Data Exchange
 * 49 - Randell S. Flint: Client-Server Architecture for Single-User Applications
 * 60 - Rajah Y. Chacko; Leo YuHsiang Liu; Steven F. Waleski: Cooperative Processing Across SAA Environments
 * 65 - Rajah Y. Chacko; Leo YuHsiang Liu; Steven F. Waleski: A Comparison of CPI-C and APPC on OS/2
 * 72 - Dana Beatty: Programming to the OS/2 NetBIOS API
 * 84 - Carolyn Easter; Roy Feigel: OS/2 LAN Server Command Line Interface
 * 92 - Dwayne C. Jacobs: Database Application Remote Interface Prime: You Too Can Feel the Power!
 * 98 - Nameeta Sappal; Lance Amundsen: Avoid the Network Traffic Jam: Passing Blocks of Data Using DARI
 * 104 - Charles McKelley: Client-Server Databases: Three Approaches
 * 111 - Harry Starkman: CICS OS/2 as an Application Enabling Platform
 * 121 - Sung Im: Solving the Problem of Data Accessibility
 * 127 - Peter Tait: PIPES Platform - A Distributed Computing System


 * Summer 1991 - G362-0001-10
 * 4 - Joe Carusillo: Developer Assistance Program Update
 * 6 - Walt Tanis: 32-Bit Expedite Program
 * 7 - Dick Conklin: A Look Back at the First DOS
 * 9 - Peter Goldstein: Adobe Type Manager Software in OS/2 1.3
 * 19 - Brian Proffit: Cross-Platform Development
 * 23 - David Moskowitz: A Porting Primer
 * 32 - Phil Spencer: Migrating Windows Applications to OS/2 Using WLO
 * 39 - Richard Merrick; Kurt Delimon; Wes Bell; Ron Howell: Porting Real-World Windows Applications to OS/2 PM
 * 48 - Michael Drapkin: Developing PM Applications with Gpf
 * 55 - Claus D. Makowka: OS/2 2.0 Considerations
 * 72 - Kenneth Tabor: System Input Hooks under OS/2
 * 82 - Timothy S. Huntley: IBM SAA Networking Services/2
 * 87 - Robert Lindsay: Multiple Conversation OS/2 Server Using IBM SAA
 * 92 - Robert Orfali; Dan Harkey: Client-Server Solutions: OS/2 or Windows 3.0?
 * 101 - Art Borrego; Michael Roth: LAN Application Certification Support
 * 104 - Walter Kac, Alan King: Remote-OS Multi-User System for OS/2
 * 115 - George Reader: OS/2: The International Scene
 * 119 - Kevin Kornfeld: Multi-Phased Cooperative Processing Application Development


 * Fall 1991 - G362-0001-11
 * 4 - Joe Carusillo: Developer Assistance Program Update
 * 6 - Peter Goldstein: Enabling Technologies for OS/2 2.0
 * 18 - Pat DeNardo; Lynne Derrick; Grayson Randall: Distributed Automation Edition: A CIM Enabler Platform
 * 25 - Robert Orfali; Dan Harkey; Robert Sujishi: TxE: An Enabler for Client-Server OLTP
 * 32 - William Belknap; Richard Hersh: PlantWorks: Application Automation Edition, The IBM CIM Application Enabler
 * 38 - Kate Ferriter: PMW: The Paperless Manufacturing WorkPlace
 * 44 - Laura Camp; Vince Acosta: Performance Monitoring for OS/2: System Performance Monitor/2
 * 55 - Derek Williams: An OS/2 High Resolution Software Timer
 * 69 - Bruce A. Tate; Jim J. Li: One Stop Performance Shopping for the OS/2 EE Database Manager
 * 78 - Brian Proffit: OS/2 Freeware and Shareware
 * 81 - David Pacheco: The Arcadia CUA Workbench: A GUI-Independent Tool for the Creation of Robust OLTP Front-Ends
 * 88 - Barbara Koob: A Farewell To SneakerNet - IBM SAA Delivery Manager
 * 95 - Brett Salter: Debugging OS/2 1.x Device Drivers Using Periscope/Remote for OS/2
 * 101 - David E. Reich: Printing Using OS/2
 * 107 - David E. Reich: The OS/2 Print Subsystem Architecture
 * 117 - Gary Murphy: An Introduction to Multithreaded Programming
 * 124 - Ken Bain: Split-Line: Multiple Session Communications
 * 129 - Katie Barrett; Bill Bulko; Frank Grubbs; Steve Kenney; Denis Loose; Pratik Nanavati; Pat Scherer: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN): What It Can Do Today
 * 137 - Wayne W. Wang; Wendi Nusbickel: Disk Array Management Software from Integra Technologies, Inc.

Volume 4

 * No. 1 - Winter 1992 - G362-0001-12
 * 4 - Joe Carusillo: Developer Assistance Program Update
 * 6 - Gary Muller: Metaphor and the IBM Data Interpretation System
 * 14 - Peter Haggar: New Controls in OS/2 2.0: An Overview
 * 18 - David A. Bernath: File and Font Dialogs: Standardized Selection Techniques
 * 27 - David A. Bernath; Jon Holliday: Value Set Control: Selecting Graphical Information
 * 35 - David A. Bernath; Jon Holliday: Slider Control: Slip-Sliding Away in OS/2 2.0
 * 44 - Diana Mack: Notebook Control: Organizing, Navigating, and Displaying Data
 * 48 - Peter Haggar; Tai Woo Nam; Ruth Ann Taylor: Container Control: Implementing the Workplace Model
 * 55 - Brian Proffit: One-Stop Shopping for Compilers
 * 58 - Tony Fazio; James W. Rascoe: FingerTips: A Real-Time OS/2 Application Development Environment
 * 65 - Benny N. Ormson: GammaTech Utilities for OS/2 2.0
 * 70 - Theodore Shrader: Tackling Dynamic Panels and Queries in Query Manager
 * 78 - Hans J. Eisenhuth: A Software Class for Object-Oriented Programming with C and PM
 * 85 - David E. Reich: Programming Printing Under OS/2
 * 96 - David E. Reich: Programming with Fonts Under OS/2
 * 107 - Roger Sessions; Nurcan Coskun: Object-Oriented Programming in OS/2 2.0 Using SOM
 * 121 - Michael Heck; James Rudd: First Impressions are Everything: A CUA-Compliant Installation Program


 * No. 2 - Spring 1992 - G362-0001-13
 * 4 - Joe Carusillo: Developer Assistance Program Update
 * 6 - Valerie Enright: WATCOM Compilers and OS/2 2.0: The Perfect Fit for Cross-Platform Development
 * 15 - Greg Slopey: IBM Announces a New Service for Software Vendors
 * 17 - Kevin Kornfeld: SAA EXPRESS - Cooperative Processing for the 90's
 * 23 - Brian Proffit: 32-Bit Development Tools
 * 26 - Philip Winestone: Introduction to OS/2 2.0 Application Development Tools
 * 37 - Michael L. Fannin: Open+Build: A Voice, Fax, and Telecommunications Front-End for Databases
 * 46 - Austin J. Donaghy: TalkThru: Integrating OS/2 Asynchronous Connectivity
 * 55 - Gerry Strope: Smalltalk/V PM: Getting Started in Object-Oriented Programming
 * 64 - Jon Holliday; Chris Suver: SegMentor: Minimizing Swapping and Linking Overhead
 * 72 - Bradley Noe; Bill Lawton: Introduction to IBM Multimedia Presentation Manager/2
 * 78 - John E. Kinchen; David A. Kerr: GDDM-OS/2 Link
 * 84 - Mike Garrison: IBM Extended Services for OS/2, Version 1.0: Communications Manager
 * 90 - Philip J. Sullivan: Database Manager: OS/2 Extended Services and DDCS/2
 * 103 - Karen Tyger: Using System Catalogs to Optimize Database Applications
 * 117 - Lorraine B. Elder: CUA '91: What's New
 * 125 - Jesus Ruiz: The Design of Distributed Applications Using FBSS

For later issues see: IBM OS/2 Developer Magazine