From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 26 17:16:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from well.apcs.com.au (well.apcs.com.au [203.41.122.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D41614E48 for ; Wed, 26 May 1999 17:16:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from keith@well.apcs.com.au) Received: (from keith@localhost) by well.apcs.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.2) id KAA69064; Thu, 27 May 1999 10:10:23 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from keith) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <374C3A6F.963C24AC@softweyr.com> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:10:23 +1000 (EST) From: Keith Anderson To: Wes Peters Subject: Re: serial ports Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear Wes, Thanks for your help I was unable to find the book on-line in .au but my local Dymocks Books Store was able to order it 'on overnight delivery'. Keith Anderson On 26-May-99 Wes Peters wrote: > Keith Anderson wrote: > > Congratulations, and welcome to the real world. > > Here are a couple of books I can recommend heartily, both by W. Richard > Stevens. The first is "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment", > the second "UNIX Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI" > volume 1. > > Mr. Stevens is a good writer and accomplished UNIX and TCP/IP researcher. > Both of these books are highly recommended by just about everyone, they > will make your transition to being a real UNIX programmer quite a bit > easier. > > Both of these appear to be in print currently, so you should be able to > find them (or order them) through any reputbale book shop. Does > Australia have a good on-line bookstore yet? This might be a good > opportunity for some FreeBSD hackers with ecommerce skills and a few > million dollars to invest in stock, or someone who already owns a > bookstore. ;^) > > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD." ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... ** You can download FreeBSD with it! ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Keith Anderson Australia Power Control Systems Pty. Limited. Date: 27-May-99 Time: 10:04:08 Satelite Service 64K to 2Meg This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- What's the similarity between an air conditioner and a computer? They both stop working when you open windows. ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message