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USA based computer journalist and writer, wrote some of the earliest OS/2 books for [[Microsoft]] Press and others.
USA based computer journalist and writer, wrote some of the earliest OS/2 books for [[Microsoft]] Press and others.


==Known publications==
==Publications==
;Batch files
===Batch files===
* ''MS-DOS Batch Files: Microsoft Quick Reference'' - January 25th, 1990 - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 176 pages - ISBN 1556152353 - ISBN 978-1556152351 - Out of print.
* ''MS-DOS Batch Files: Microsoft Quick Reference'' - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-235-3
* ''MS-DOS Batch Files: Second edition'' - 1991 - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 176 pages - ISBN 1556153384 - ISBN 978-1556153389 - Out of print.
* ''MS-DOS Batch Files: Second edition'' - Microsoft Press 1991, ISBN 1-55615-338-4
* ''Concise Guide to Microsoft DOS Batch Files; Third revised edition'' - June 1993 - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 220 pages - ISBN 1556155492 ISBN 978-1556155499 - Out of print.
* ''Concise Guide to Microsoft DOS Batch Files; Third revised edition'' - Microsoft Press 1993, ISBN 1-55615-549-2
* ''Concise Guide to Microsoft DOS Batch Files; Revised edition'' - December 1993 - Penguin Books - Paperback, 224 pages - ISBN 1556156383 - ISBN 978-1556156380 - Out of print.
* ''Concise Guide to Microsoft DOS Batch Files; Revised edition'' - Penguin Books 1993, ISBN 1-55615-638-3
;C/C++/C#
 
* ''Jamsa's C/C++/C# Programmer's Bible: 2nd edition'' - 17 January, 2002 - Delmar Cengage Learning - Paperback, 1199 pages + CD-ROM - ISBN 0766846822 - ISBN 978-0766846821 - Out of Print
===Programming===
* ''Microsoft C: Secrets, Shortcuts, and Solutions'' - Microsoft Press 1989 - ISBN 1-55615-203-5
====BASIC====
* ''The Quick Reference Guide to C. Run-time Library'' - August 1989  - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 208 pages - ISBN 1556152272 - ISBN 978-1556152276 - Out of print
* ''MS-DOS QBASIC: Microsoft Quick Reference'' - Microsoft Press 1991, ISBN 1-55615-355-4
* ''Graphics Programming with Microsoft C and Microsoft Quick C'' - August, 1990 - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 592 pages - ISBN 1556152302 - ISBN: 978-1556152306 - Out of print
 
* ''The C Library'' - 1 September, 1985 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 220 pages - ISBN 0078811104 - ISBN 978-0078811104 - Out of print.
====C====
* ''Microsoft C: Secrets, Shortcuts, and Solutions'' - Microsoft Press 1989, ISBN 1-55615-203-5
* ''The Quick Reference Guide to C. Run-time Library'' - Microsoft Press 1989, ISBN 1-55615-227-2
* ''Graphics Programming with Microsoft C and Microsoft Quick C'' - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-230-2
* ''The C Library'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1985, ISBN 0-07-881110-4
:Not as you might think a discussion of the [[Microsoft C]] library, but rather a collection of C routines and utilities written in [[C]].
:Not as you might think a discussion of the [[Microsoft C]] library, but rather a collection of C routines and utilities written in [[C]].
* ''Turbo C Programmers Library'' – September 1, 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 701 pages - ISBN 0078813948 - ISBN 978-0078813948 - Out of print
* ''Turbo C Programmers Library'' – Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881394-8
;Databases
 
* Konrad King & Kris A. Jamsa: ''SQL Tips & Techniques'' - February 2, 2002 - Premier Press - Paperback, 1127 pages - ISBN 1931841454 - ISBN 978-1931841450 - Out of print
====C#====
;DOS
* ''Jamsa's C/C++/C# Programmer's Bible: 2nd edition'' - Delmar Cengage Learning 2002, ISBN 0766846822
* ''DOS: The Complete Reference:4th Revised edition'' - March the first, 1993 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback: 1152 pages - ISBN 0078819040 - ISBN 978-0078819049 - Out of print
 
* ''DOS Programming: The Complete Reference'' - 1 July, 1992 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 896 pages - ISBN 007881782X - ISBN 978-0078817823 - Out of print
====Java====
* ''DOS: The Pocket Reference'' - May 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback: 128 pages - ISBN 007881376X - ISBN 978-0078813764 - Out of print.
* ''Java Now!''' - Delmar Cengage Learning 1996, ISBN 1884133304
* ''Using MS-DOS'' – September 1, 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 783 pages - ISBN 0078814421 - ISBN 978-0078814426 - Out of print
 
;Java
====Pascal====
* ''Java Now!''' - 2 January, 1996 - Delmar Cengage Learning - Paperback, 224 pages- ISBN 1884133304 - ISBN 978-1884133305 - Out of print
* Kris Jamsa; Steven Nameroff: ''Turbo PASCAL Programmer's Library: Version 4; 2nd Revised edition edition'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988 - ISBN 0-07-881368-9
;OS/2
: This is mostly a collection of annotated TP routines.
* ''OS/2: The Pocket Reference'' - May 1, 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 128 pages - ISBN 0078813778 - ISBN 978-0078813771 - Out of print
* ''Turbo PASCAL Version 4: Pocket Reference'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881379-4
* ''Using OS/2'' - March 1, 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 773 pages - ISBN 0078813069 - ISBN 978-0078813061 - Out of print
 
* ''OS/2 v.1: The Complete Reference'' – February 1, 1989 - McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 1000 pages - ISBN 0078813980 - ISBN 9780078813986 - Out of print.
===Databases===
* ''OS/2: The Complete Reference'' – February 1, 1993 - Osborne Publishing - Paperback, 120 pages - ISBN 0078813999 - ISBN 978-0078813993 - Out of print.
* Konrad King; Kris A. Jamsa: ''SQL Tips & Techniques'' - Premier Press 2002, ISBN 1931841454
 
===Operating Systems===
====DOS====
* ''DOS: The Complete Reference:4th Revised edition'' - March the first, 1993 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback: 1152 pages - ISBN 0078819040
* ''DOS Programming: The Complete Reference'' - 1 July, 1992 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 896 pages - ISBN 0-07-881782-X
* ''DOS: The Pocket Reference' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881376-X
* ''Using MS-DOS'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881442-1
 
====OS/2====
* ''OS/2: The Pocket Reference'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881377-8
* ''Using OS/2'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881306-9
* ''OS/2 v.1: The Complete Reference'' - McGraw-Hill 1989, ISBN 0-07-881398-0
* ''OS/2: The Complete Reference'' - Osborne 1993, ISBN 0-07-881399-9
:Updated version of the above book, intended for OS/2 2.x
:Updated version of the above book, intended for OS/2 2.x
* ''OS/2 Power Programmer's Guide'' – July 1, 1989 - McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 1008 pages - ISBN 0078814243 - ISBN 978-0078814242 - Out of print
* ''OS/2 Power Programmer's Guide'' – McGraw-Hill 1989, ISBN 0-07-881424-3
* ''OS/2 API: The Pocket Reference'' - November 1, 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 224 pages - ISBN 0078814561 - ISBN 978-0078814563 - Out of print
* ''OS/2 API: The Pocket Reference'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881456-1
;Pascal
 
* Kris Jamsa and Steven Nameroff: ''Turbo PASCAL Programmer's Library: Version 4; 2nd Revised edition edition'' – 1 May, 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 605 pages - ISBN 0078813689 - ISBN 978-0078813689 - Out of print
===Web/HTML===
: This is mostly a collection of annotated TP routines.
* ''Introduction to Web Development Using HTML 5'' - Jones and Bartlett 2013, ISBN 1449686540
* ''Turbo PASCAL Version 4: Pocket Reference'' - 1 May 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 128 pages - ISBN 0078813794 - ISBN 978-0078813795 - Out of print
* ''HTML & Web Design Tips & Techniques: Tips and Techniques'' - McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media 2002, ISBN 0-07-219394-8
;QBasic
 
* ''MS-DOS QBASIC: Microsoft Quick Reference'' - June 1991 - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 188 pages - ISBN 1556153554 - ISBN 978-1556153556 - Out of print
===Windows===
;Web/HTML
* ''Rescued by Windows'' - Boyd & Fraser 1995, ISBN 0789500892
* ''Introduction to Web Development Using HTML 5'' - 26 June, 2013 - Jones and Bartlett - Paperback, 590 pages - ISBN 1449686540 - ISBN 978-1449686543 - In print
* ''Windows Programming Secrets'' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1987, ISBN 0-07-881262-3
* ''HTML & Web Design Tips & Techniques: Tips and Techniques'' - January 23, 2002 - McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media - Paperback and/or E-Book, : 692 pages - ISBN 0072193948 - ISBN 978-0072193947 - In print as an E-Book
 
;Windows
===Word processing===
* ''Rescued by Windows'' - 1995 - Boyd & Fraser Publishing Company - Paperback, 300 pages - ISBN 0789500892 - ISBN 978-0789500892 - Out of print
* ''Using Sprint: The Professional Wordprocessor'' - McGraw-Hill 1992, ISBN 0-07-881291-7
* ''Windows Programming Secrets''– August 1, 1987 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 690 pages - ISBN 0078812623 - ISBN 978-0078812620 - Out of print
 
;Word processing
===Hardware===
* ''Using Sprint: The Professional Wordprocessor'' - June 1, 1992 - McGraw-Hill - Paperback - ISBN 0078812917 - ISBN 978-0078812910 - Out of print
* ''PC Performance Tuning & Upgrading Tips & Techniques'' - McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media 2001, ISBN 0-07-219378-6
;Hardware
* ''PC Performance Tuning & Upgrading Tips & Techniques'' - December 28, 2001 - McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media - Paperback, 572 pages - ISBN 0072193786 - ISBN 978-0072193787 - In print


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Revision as of 13:58, 27 September 2016

USA based computer journalist and writer, wrote some of the earliest OS/2 books for Microsoft Press and others.

Publications

Batch files

  • MS-DOS Batch Files: Microsoft Quick Reference - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-235-3
  • MS-DOS Batch Files: Second edition - Microsoft Press 1991, ISBN 1-55615-338-4
  • Concise Guide to Microsoft DOS Batch Files; Third revised edition - Microsoft Press 1993, ISBN 1-55615-549-2
  • Concise Guide to Microsoft DOS Batch Files; Revised edition - Penguin Books 1993, ISBN 1-55615-638-3

Programming

BASIC

  • MS-DOS QBASIC: Microsoft Quick Reference - Microsoft Press 1991, ISBN 1-55615-355-4

C

  • Microsoft C: Secrets, Shortcuts, and Solutions - Microsoft Press 1989, ISBN 1-55615-203-5
  • The Quick Reference Guide to C. Run-time Library - Microsoft Press 1989, ISBN 1-55615-227-2
  • Graphics Programming with Microsoft C and Microsoft Quick C - Microsoft Press 1990, ISBN 1-55615-230-2
  • The C Library - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1985, ISBN 0-07-881110-4
Not as you might think a discussion of the Microsoft C library, but rather a collection of C routines and utilities written in C.
  • Turbo C Programmers Library – Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881394-8

C#

  • Jamsa's C/C++/C# Programmer's Bible: 2nd edition - Delmar Cengage Learning 2002, ISBN 0766846822

Java

  • Java Now!' - Delmar Cengage Learning 1996, ISBN 1884133304

Pascal

  • Kris Jamsa; Steven Nameroff: Turbo PASCAL Programmer's Library: Version 4; 2nd Revised edition edition - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988 - ISBN 0-07-881368-9
This is mostly a collection of annotated TP routines.
  • Turbo PASCAL Version 4: Pocket Reference - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881379-4

Databases

  • Konrad King; Kris A. Jamsa: SQL Tips & Techniques - Premier Press 2002, ISBN 1931841454

Operating Systems

DOS

  • DOS: The Complete Reference:4th Revised edition - March the first, 1993 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback: 1152 pages - ISBN 0078819040
  • DOS Programming: The Complete Reference - 1 July, 1992 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 896 pages - ISBN 0-07-881782-X
  • DOS: The Pocket Reference' - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881376-X
  • Using MS-DOS - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881442-1

OS/2

  • OS/2: The Pocket Reference - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881377-8
  • Using OS/2 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881306-9
  • OS/2 v.1: The Complete Reference - McGraw-Hill 1989, ISBN 0-07-881398-0
  • OS/2: The Complete Reference - Osborne 1993, ISBN 0-07-881399-9
Updated version of the above book, intended for OS/2 2.x
  • OS/2 Power Programmer's Guide – McGraw-Hill 1989, ISBN 0-07-881424-3
  • OS/2 API: The Pocket Reference - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1988, ISBN 0-07-881456-1

Web/HTML

  • Introduction to Web Development Using HTML 5 - Jones and Bartlett 2013, ISBN 1449686540
  • HTML & Web Design Tips & Techniques: Tips and Techniques - McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media 2002, ISBN 0-07-219394-8

Windows

  • Rescued by Windows - Boyd & Fraser 1995, ISBN 0789500892
  • Windows Programming Secrets - Osborne/McGraw-Hill 1987, ISBN 0-07-881262-3

Word processing

  • Using Sprint: The Professional Wordprocessor - McGraw-Hill 1992, ISBN 0-07-881291-7

Hardware

  • PC Performance Tuning & Upgrading Tips & Techniques - McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media 2001, ISBN 0-07-219378-6