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Kris A. Jamsa

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

Known publications

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: Second edition - 1991 - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 176 pages - ISBN 1556153384 - ISBN 978-1556153389 - Out of print.
  • 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; Revised edition - December 1993 - Penguin Books - Paperback, 224 pages - ISBN 1556156383 - ISBN 978-1556156380 - Out of print.
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
  • Microsoft C: Secrets, Shortcuts, and Solutions - Microsoft Press 1989 - ISBN 1-55615-203-5
  • The Quick Reference Guide to C. Run-time Library - August 1989 - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 208 pages - ISBN 1556152272 - ISBN 978-1556152276 - Out of print
  • 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.
Not as you might think a discussion of the Microsoft C library, but rather a collection of C routines and utilities written in C.
DOS
  • 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
  • DOS: The Pocket Reference - May 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback: 128 pages - ISBN 007881376X - ISBN 978-0078813764 - Out of print.
OS/2
  • OS/2: The Pocket Reference - May 1, 1988 - Osborne/McGraw-Hill - Paperback, 128 pages - ISBN 0078813778 - ISBN 978-0078813771 - Out of print
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
This is mostly a collection of annotated TP routines.
QBasic
  • MS-DOS QBASIC: Microsoft Quick Reference - June 1991 - Microsoft Press - Paperback, 188 pages - ISBN 1556153554 - ISBN 978-1556153556 - Out of print
Web/HTML
  • Introduction to Web Development Using HTML 5 - 26 June, 2013 - Jones and Bartlett - Paperback, 590 pages - ISBN 1449686540 - ISBN 978-1449686543 - In print
  • 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
Hardware
  • PC Performance Tuning & Upgrading Tips & Techniques - December 28, 2001 - McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media - Paperback, 572 pages - ISBN 0072193786 - ISBN 978-0072193787 - In print