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Format of DOS 4.01 (from UR 25066 on) disk buffer info:
Offset Size Description
00h DWORD pointer to array of chain heads (see below)
04h WORD number of disk buffer chains (referred to as NDBCH below)
06h DWORD pointer to lookahead buffer, zero if not present
0Ah BYTE number of lookahead sectors, else zero (the y in BUFFERS=x,y)
0Bh 9 BYTEs ???
14h DWORD pointer to workspace buffer, purpose ???, allocated in main
memory if BUFFERS/XS or /XD options in effect
18h WORD EMS handle for buffers, zero if not in EMS
1Ah WORD EMS physical page number used for buffers (usually 255)
1Ch WORD ??? seems always to be 1
1Eh WORD segment of EMS physical page frame
20h WORD ??? seems always to be zero
See Also:
INT 21h, 52h
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