OS/2 1.x Programming Documentation Books

This article lists OS/2 1.x software development related manuals from Microsoft and IBM.

Microsoft

MS OS/2 Programmer's Toolkit

Microsoft's programming documentation for OS/2 1.0, March 1988.

Title	Document No.	Part No.	Link
Welcome Leaflet	Binder insert, no document or part number		[1]
Programmer's Reference	060060014-100-R00-388	01887	[2]
Programming Tools	060060003-100-R00-388	01889	[3]
Programmer's Learning Guide	060060004-100-R00-388		[4]

IBM

IBM OS/2 Technical Reference Version 1.0

Sep 1987 - IBM Operating System/2 Standard Edition Technical Reference Version 1.0

Title	Author	Year	Part No.	Link
OS/2 Technical Reference Volume 1	IBM	1987	84X1434	[5]
OS/2 Technical Reference Volume 2			84X1440	[6]

IBM OS/2 Technical Reference Version 1.1

Jan 1989 - P/N 6280212

adds support for development of Presentation Manager applications

Title	Author	Year	Part No.	Link
Application Programming Interface Volume 1	IBM	1988
Application Programming Interface Volume 2
Application Programming Interface Volume 3
I/O Subsystems and Device Drivers Volume 1			00F8873
I/O Subsystems and Device Drivers Volume 2			00F9977
C/2 Language Syntax
Macro Assembler/2 Language Syntax

IBM OS/2 Programmer Toolkit, Version 1.1

Title	Authors	Year	Part No.	Links
C/2 Bindings Reference	IBM	1988	00F8880
Programming Reference Volume 1			00F8876
Programming Reference Volume 2			00F8879
Database Manager SQL Reference			90X7774
Database Manager Programming Guide and Reference			90X7772

IBM OS/2 1.2 Programming Tools and Information

Programmer's Toolkit and Technical Reference combined into this single product.

IBM's programming documentation for OS/2 1.2 (Nov 1989).

Title	Authors	Year	Part No.	Links
Programming Overview	IBM	1989	64F3830	PDF
Building Programs			64F0274	PDF
Programming Guide			64F0273	PDF
Control Program Programming Reference			64F0275	PDF
Presentation Manager Programming Reference Volume 1			64F0276	PDF
Presentation Manager Programming Reference Volume 2			64F0277	PDF
I/O Subsystems and Device Support Volume 1: Device Drivers			64F3959	PDF
I/O Subsystems and Device Support Volume 2: Presentation Driver Interface			64F0283	PDF
Dialog Manager Guide and Reference			64F3828	PDF
Dialog Tag Language Guide and Reference			64F3829	PDF
Dialog Manager and Dialog Tag Language Reference Summary			64F0286	PDF
Presentation Manager C/2 Bindings Reference			64F0278	PDF
Presentation Manager Macro Assembler/2 Bindings Reference			64F0279	PDF
Presentation Manager COBOL/2 Bindings Reference			64F2480	PDF
Presentation Manager FORTRAN/2 Bindings Reference			64F0281	PDF
Procedures Language/2 REXX Programming Reference			64F0291	PDF
Technical Update			70F4539	PDF

IBM OS/2 1.2 Extended Edition Documentation

Title	Authors	Year	Part No.	Form	Links
Database Manager Structured Query Language (SQL) Reference	IBM	1989	33F9519	S01F-0265

IBM OS/2 1.3 Programming Tools and Information

IBM's programming documentation for OS/2 1.3 (Dec 1990).

Title	Author	Year	Part No.	Link
Installing the Upgrade	IBM	1990	91F8736	PDF
Building Programs Technical Upgrade			91F8682	PDF
Programming Guide Technical Upgrade			85F1531	PDF
Control Program Programming Reference Technical Upgrade			85F1528
Presentation Manager Programming Reference Vols 1 and 2 Technical Upgrade			85F1529	PDF
I/O Subsystems and Device Support Vols 1 and 2 Technical Upgrade			91F8684	PDF
Dialog Tag Language Guide and Reference Technical Upgrade			91F8685	PDF
C/2, COBOL/2, FORTRAN/2, and Macro Assembler/2 Bindings Reference Technical Upgrade			91F8683	PDF

IBM OS/2 1.3 REXX Documentation

REXX scripting language programming documentation shipped with IBM OS/2 1.3.

Title	Authors	Year	Part No.	Link
Procedures Language 2/REXX User’s Guide	IBM	1990	64F3058	PDF
Procedures Language 2/REXX Reference			64F3057	PDF

See also: IBM OS/2 Development Related Redbooks#OS/2 1.x

Links

• OS/2 Library at OS/2 Museum