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1993-01-30
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TITLE 'X - Keyboard Xtender'
PAGE 60,132
; X is a device driver that expands the keyboard buffer
; to 256 keystrokes (512 bytes)
; X is Snareware. Once you try it you'll be hooked!
; Written by Jeffrey Broome (CIS 76366,1211)
; created: 1-17-93
X SEGMENT PARA
ASSUME CS:X, DS:NOTHING ; assume nothing, know everything!
BUF_SIZE EQU 512 ; size of buffer in bytes
ORG 0000H
DD -1 ; next device pointer
DW 8000H ; device attributes
DW offset STRATEGY ; address of strategy routine
DW offset INTERRUPT ; address of interrupt routine
DB 'KEYB-X ' ; device name
REQ_PTR DD ? ; request buffer pointer
BUFFER DB BUF_SIZE dup (?) ; new keyboard buffer
STRATEGY PROC FAR
MOV CS:WORD PTR [REQ_PTR],BX ; save pointer to request buffer
MOV CS:WORD PTR [REQ_PTR+2],ES
RET
STRATEGY ENDP
INTERRUPT PROC FAR
PUSH DS
PUSH BX
PUSH AX
LDS BX,CS:[REQ_PTR] ; get pointer to request buffer
MOV AH,[BX+2] ; get command from buffer
OR AH,AH ; is command = 0?
JNZ EXIT
CALL INIT ; call initialize routine
EXIT: MOV AX,100h ; set done bit in status
MOV [BX+3],AX ; indicate status
POP AX ; restore stack and return
POP BX
POP DS
RET
INTERRUPT ENDP
INIT PROC NEAR
PUSH CX ; save CX
PUSH DX ; save DX
MOV AX,OFFSET BUFFER ; get address of new keyboard buffer
MOV CX,CS ; get current code segment
CMP CX,1000h ; is segment too big?
JNC TOOBIG ; jump if code segment to high
SHL CX,1 ; convert segment to real address
SHL CX,1
SHL CX,1
SHL CX,1
ADD CX,AX ; add in offset
SUB CX,400h ; subtract BIOS memory segment (40h)
MOV AX,40h
MOV DS,AX ; point to BIOS memory segment
MOV BX,1Ah
MOV [BX],CX ; store keyboard head pointer
MOV [BX+2],CX ; store tail pointer
MOV BX,80h
MOV [BX],CX ; store keyboard buffer start
ADD CX,BUF_SIZE ; add size of keyboard buffer
MOV [BX+2],CX ; store keyboard buffer end
MOV AX,OFFSET INIT
MOV CX,CS ; get current code segment
SHL CX,1 ; convert segment to real address
SHL CX,1
SHL CX,1
SHL CX,1
ADD CX,AX ; add in offset
ADD CX,0Fh ; round to next segment
SHR CX,1 ; convert back to segment
SHR CX,1
SHR CX,1
SHR CX,1
MOV AH,9 ; print a message function of int 21h
LEA DX,X_MSG ; get address of message
PUSH CS
POP DS ; DS = CS
INT 21h ; call DOS
LDS BX,CS:[REQ_PTR] ; get pointer to request buffer
MOV AL,1
MOV [BX+0Dh],AL ; number of units (must be non-zero)
XOR AX,AX ; AX = 0
MOV [BX+0Eh],AX ; offset of next free byte (0)
MOV [BX+10h],CX ; segment of next free byte
JMP SHORT DONE ; go return to caller
TOOBIG: MOV AH,9 ; print a message function of int 21h
MOV DX,OFFSET X_ERR ; get address of error message
PUSH CS
POP DS ; DS = CS
INT 21h ; call DOS
LDS BX,CS:[REQ_PTR] ; get pointer to request buffer
MOV AL,0
MOV [BX+0Dh],AL ; number of units=0 means do not load
XOR AX,AX ; AX = 0
MOV [BX+0Eh],AX ; offset of next free byte (0)
MOV CX,CS ; segment of free byte = CS
; this will not load driver
MOV [BX+10h],CX ; segment of next free byte
DONE: POP DX ; restore DX
POP CX ; restore CX
RET
INIT ENDP
X_MSG DB 'Keyboard Xtender Loaded',13,10,'$'
X_ERR DB 'Keyboard Xtender cannot be loaded!',13,10,'$'
X ENDS
END