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" [1].

Articles from IBM Personal Systems Developer and IBM OS/2 Developer from 1991 and 1992 have been compiled in OS/2 2.X Notebook, a book published by Van Nostrand Reinhold.

• Editor: Dick Conklin
• Publisher: IBM Corporation

Issues

Volume 1

Volume 1

Number	Content
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 36-37 - Keith Lowery: Mirrors Announcement 38-39 - General Questions About OS/2 40-44 - Bob Tabke: Market Trends Update 45-48 - OS/2 Publications and Software
Feb 1989 - G362-0001-01	4-6 - Pat Bryant: Developer Assistance Program Update 9-12 - Interview with Tommy Steele, IBM 13-16 - Interview with Mike Edwards 17-28 - Linda Magnuson: Conceptual Overview of the OS/2 Presentation Manager [2] 29-32 - Linda Magnuson: Programming for PM: Tools Make the Difference 33-43 - Paul Cheatham, David Reich, Robert Robinson: Presentation Manager Architecture [3] 44-55 - Marc Cohen: A Multithread CPU Monitor [4] 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 66-77 - Richard Hoffman: How to Write a Precompiler 78-83 - Dan Hargrove: Tuning Tips for Precompiler Developers 84-85 - Nancy Kirwan: MultiScope Debugger: Designed for OS/2 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	5-6 - Pat Bryant: Developer Assistance Program Update 7-11 - Porter Baker, Rich Harrison: The SNA Gateway [5] 12-19 - Sam Henderson, Jim Kovaric: Advanced Program-to-Program Communications (APPC) [6] 30-31 - Bryan Schafer: Object/1: A Toolkit for Developing PM Applications 32-36 - Karl von Gunten: The OS/2 Dialog Manager: A New Development Tool [7] 37-41 - Mike Cowlishaw; Rick McGuire; Steve Price: Overview of the Procedures Language 2/REXX [8] 42-45 - Interview with Gordon Eubanks, Symantec 48-54 - William Myre: Overview of New Database Manager Enhancements 55-59 - J. R. Dash: Database Systems in SAA 60-73 - Linda Elliot, Lloyd Jordan II: Remote Data Services 74-80 - Tim Malkemus: The Database Manager Optimizer 81-88 - Gary Horn: Referential Integrity 89-95 - Cesar Velasco, Tim Li: Performance of OS/2 EE 1.1 Database Services 96-99 - Tom Budlong, Mark Raley: Business Graphics for the Query Manager 100-101 - Dan Rourke: Query Manager: Access to OS/2 Database Power 102-106 - Joel Dunn: Query Manager Callable Interface 107-115 - Moe Desrosiers; Keith Taylor: Applying CUA Principles to OS/2 Application Designs [9] 119–121 - Douglas A. Hamilton: Hamilton C Shell Announcement [10]
Fall 1989 - G362-0001-03	4- 5 - Dan Barovich: Developer Assistance Program Update 6- 7 - Interview with David Cassano, IBM Desktop Software 9-12 - Brian Proffit: OS/2 Compilers 13-15 - Margaret Barovich: OS/2 Version 1.2 Programming Tools and Information 16-18 - Joseph B. Richburg: CASE:PM, A CASE Tool for OS/2 Presentation Manager 19-24 - Marvin Boswell, Mike Cowlishaw, Rick McGuire, Steve Proce: Procedures Language/2 REXX 25-36 - Anne Taylor, Karl von Gunten: Writing a Dialog Manager Application [11] 37-44 - Tom Bilotta, Sara Weber: EASEL for OS/2 Extended Edition 45-53 - Raymond Obin: Developing Presentation Manager Applications in COBOL [12] 54-58 - Lee Breisacher: Smalltalk/V Presentation Manager [13] 59-66 - Keith Taylor: Putting CUA Guidelines into Practice [14] 67-74 - Mary Wright: OS/2 File Systems [15] 75-87 - Mehrad Yasrebi: The Asynchronous Communications Device Interface (ACDI) [16] 88-92 - Steve Price: The X.25 Feature [17] 93-97 - Randolph G. Bias; Mitch DeRidder: Human Factoring an OS/2 Application 98-106 - Richard Hoffman: Database Manager Authorization and Privileges 107-110 - Interview with Charles H. Addison, American National Insurance

Volume 2

Volume 2

Number	Content
Winter 1990 - G362-0001-04	10-11 - Dan Barovich: Developer Assistance Program Update 12-18 - Jeffry Ullman: Software Maintenance 19-20 - Brian Proffit: New Device Driver Support Plan for OS/2 21-28 - Carlton Mason, Ivan Milman: Introduction to the OS/2 LAN API [18] 38-45 - Bryan Jackson: A Multi-User Server Using Named Pipes [19] 48-53 - Moe Haberski, Sam Detweiler, John VanStipdonk: PM Interface for DOS Workstations on an OS/2 LAN [20] 57-63 - Val Enright: Online Help for PM Applications [21] 64-71 - John Ferris, Kerry Ortega: Installing Presentation Manager Applications [22] 72-73 - Nick Goodall: Presentation Manager Limits [23] 74-81 - John Q. Walker: The APPC Attach Manager [24] 82-92 - Kathlen Van Riesen, Marc Rochkind: XVT: A Portable GUI Application Toolkit [25] 93-97 - Jeffrey Bonar: Choreographer: Easy Development of Industrial Strength PM Applications [26] 98-102 - Brian Proffit: Presentation Manager Interface Tools [27] 103-104 - Software Development Kit for 32-Bit OS/2 105-108 - Tina M. DeAngelis: PS/2 Wizard Adapter
Spring 1990 - G362-0001-05	4-5 - Dan Barovich: Developer Assistance Program Update 6-15 - PageMaker 3.0 for OS/2 16-22 - Michael S. Kogan: OS/2 2.0 Overview 23-30 - Michael S. Kogan: OS/2 2.0 32-bit API 31-35 - Michael S. Kogan, Robert Tycast: OS/2 2.0 Tools and Program Development 36-44 - John G. Tyler: Multiple Virtual DOS Machines: A Better DOS 45-49 - Tony Ingenoso: OS/2 Numeric Support 50-60 - Keith Culley, Barry Diller, Terry Green, Roger Lewis: Performance Tips and Guidelines 61-66 - Raymond Westwater: Writing OS/2 Device Drivers in C 67-74 - Pat Scherer: Optimizing APPC Performance Over LANs 75-78 - Brian Proffit: Tool Selection Techniques 79-82 - Randall Howard: MKS Toolkit for OS/2 83-88 - Bill Thorne: Applications Manager for PM Development 89-94 - Robert Panoff: Powerful Voice Processing Under OS/2 95 - Cheryl Hopkins: OS/2: a Worldwide Product 96-101 - Nicola Colbourne, Vladimir Radnovic: OS/2 National Language Support 102-104 - Karl J. Engvold: National Language Support for the Dialog Manager 105-113 - G.E. Fisher, Lynda K. Mersiovsky, Alejandra Sanchez-Frank, Susan L. Watson: Query Manager Customized Interface 114-120 - Davic C. Baker, William L. Banning, William W. Myre: Database Configuration Parameters 121-125 - Bob Tabke: Market Update 126-128 - OS/2 Books
Summer 1990 - G362-0001-06	5-6 - Dan Barovich: Developer Assistance Program Update 7-9 - Jeffrey Ullman: Software Maintenance Update 10-21 - Lotus 123/G 22-27 - Gerald C. Strope: Integrating Applications with OfficeVision/2 28-33 - Ian McCallion: Adobe Fonts Selected for IBM OS/2 and SAA 34-43 - Jean N. Shortley: Accessing Named Pipes from Virtual DOS Machines 44-54 - Jon E. Holliday: Thunking 16-bit Controls for 32-bit Applications 55-61 - Scott Broussard: Performance Tuning for OS/2 2.0 Applications 62-63 - Michael T. Kawalec: Implementing Critical Sections: A Performance Tip 66-68 - Eric Siegel: Network Driver Interface Specification 69-82 - Galina Kofman, William Snow, Oleg Vishnepolsky: TCP/IP for OS/2 83-95 - Dana L. Beatty: Programming to the OS/2 IEEE 802.2 API [28] 96-100 - Brian Proffit: What's New in ESDTOOLS 101-102 - Cheryl Bullen: OS/2: The International Scene 103-111 - Richard Hoffman: Accessing the OS/2 Database Manager From Five Different Languages 112-122 - Richard Hoffman: Structures and Pointers in SQL 123-128 - Bob Tabke: Market Update
Fall 1990 - G362-0001-07	4-6 - Dan Barovich: Developer Assistance Program Update 7-10 - Interview with Satish Gupta 11-12 - Interview with Lee Reiswig 13-16 - David Reich: New Developments in 16-bit OS/2 17-25 - Spotlight: AutoCAD Version 10 for OS/2 26-32 - Scott R. Swix: IBM Multimedia Product Chronology 33-39 - Scott R. Swix: Programming the IBM M-Motion Video Adapter/A and M-Control Program 40-47 - Giulio Maffini: Spatial Analysis 48 - Gary Barron: CD-ROM and Multimedia 53-57 - Jim Crossley: An OS/2 Business Graphics Toolkit 58-67 - John McFetridge, Razmik Malek-Adamian: Corel Draw Migration to OS/2 PM 68-78 - Glen R. Horton: Collage PM: A Raster Bitmap Graphics OS/2 PM Application 79-80 - Peter J. Hubbard: XGA Benefits OS/2 Applications 81-90 - Nick Butler: XGA Technology 90-99 - Danny Ellis: Programming the Audio Visual Connection 100-106 - Ely Eshel, Daniel Schwartz: XIPC: A Comprehensive IPC Environment for OS/2 107-114 - Kevin Kornfeld: Front-ending Applications with EASEL 115-123 - Martin J. Sirkin: Configuring Remote Data Services (Part 1 of 2) 124-128 - Bob Tabke: Market Update

Volume 3

Volume 3

Number	Content
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

Volume 6

Number	Content
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