Kris A. Jamsa

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

Contact Information

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-jamsa-97a1566/

Republishin Perimission

Kris A. Jamsa gave permission to republish his OS/2 related work, but according to the case it is required to have permission from the publisher. Martin Iturbide obtaines this permission via LinkedIn on August of 2017.

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