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".

Issues

Volume 1 - 1989

Summer

• 119–121 - Hamilton C Shell Announcement [1]

Volume 2 - 1990

Fall - 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 - Barron: CD-ROM and Multimedia
• 53 - 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 - Hubbard: XGA Benefits OS/2 Applications
• 81 - Butler: XGA Technology
• 90 - Ellis: Programming the Audio Visual Connection
• 100 - Eshel: XIPC: A Comprehensive IPC Environment for OS/2
• 107 - Kornfeld: Front-ending Applications with EASEL
• 115 - Martin J. Sirkin: Configuring Remote Data Services (Part 1 of 2)

Volume 3 - 1991

Winter - 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 - Val 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 - G362-0001-09

• 10 - Spotlight: 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: 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 Appls.
• 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 - G362-0001-10

• 7 - A Look Back at the First DOS
• 9 - Spotlight: 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 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: Remote-Os Multi-User System for OS/2
• 119 - Kevin Kornfeld: Multi-Phased Cooperative Processing Application Development

Fall - G362-0001-11

• 6 - Peter Goldstein: Spotlight Feature: Micrografx - Enabling Technologies for OS/2 2.0
• OS/2 in Computer Aided Manufacturing (CIM): Distributed Automation Edition (DAE), Transaction Enabler (TxE), PlantWorks, Paperless Manufacturing WorkPlace (PMW)
  • 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 Sneaker Net - 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 Multi-Threaded 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

Volume 4 - 1992

No. 1 - Winter - G362-0001-12

• 6 - Spotlight: 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; Nora Coskun: Object-Oriented Programming in OS/2 2.0 Using SOM
• 121 - Michael Heck; James Rudd: First Impressions are Everything: A CUA-Complaint Installation Program

No. 2 - Spring - G362-0001-13

• 6 - Spotlight: 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 - Garry 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