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> From: "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have AT nohavenot DOT cmm>
> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:35:46 -0400
> 
> I'm just trying to get an idea of the information in this book versus other
> DOS references.  With all those other sources on DOS, why would I need this
> book?  What's covered in this book that's not in other sources?

Most other sources document only the official (a.k.a. "documented")
DOS features.  RBIL is a noteworthy exception, but RBIL is terse and
laconic, and assumes you already know what you want to do, and just
need a reference.  It is also hard to find in RBIL stuff you want that
is not a specific DOS call (e.g., a DOS internal data structure),
unless you happen to know where it is described.

> Is it too much stuff to list?  Or, is it just a few things
> like how to use the SDA or network redirector functions?

It's more than 1000 pages, so it's much more than just the SDA and the
network redirector.