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Inside OS/2
by Gordon Letwin
ISBN: 1556151179
Found in 2 comments on Hacker News
timbit42
· 2022-07-19 ·
Original thread
See the cover here:
https://www.amazon.com/Inside-OS-2-Gordon-Letwin/dp/15561511...
twoodfin
· 2013-11-25 ·
Original thread
Letwin was also
the
guy for OS/2 on the Microsoft side while the alliance lasted. His
Inside OS/2
is a detailed account of trying to squeeze a real multitasking, protected memory OS into a '286:
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-OS-2-Gordon-Letwin/dp/155615117...
The cover photo is also classic.