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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: DISK TRANSFER ADDRESS
- Date: 24 Mar 1996 08:56:36 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- In article <4it482$cg3@news.scott.net>, Funnyman <ron@scott.net> wrote:
- >I have some questions concerning the disk transfer address. i found a
- >fucntion that will find the DTA and i was
- >told that the DTA is part of the PSP by default, that it resides in
- >the command tail at 80h. Is that true? I have conflicting stories on
-
- Please confine discussions of antiquated 16-bit operating systems to an
- appropriate newsgroup (*.{apple2,cpm,msdos,c64}.*)
-
- This has nothing to do with the subject of comp.lang.c, which is the C
- language. C is supported on countless platforms.
-
- >that one. Also, i was told that DOS uses the area for findfirst and
- >findnext file operations. Could someone please elaborate on what
- >those functions do. Can the DTA span a 64k segment boundary? What
- >does that exactly mean? Thanks in advance.
-
- What does this have to do with the C language? You aren't even making the
- pretense that you are trying to do this from a C program (not that it _would_
- be appropriate if you were doing it in C). Why is this article in comp.lang.c?
-
- >Is there a good book someone could recommend on DOS programming? I am
- >really new at DOS programming and would like a good reference book.
- >Thanks again.
-
- Visit a local store carrying discount used books. Don't spend more than $0.99.
-
- Over the last 15 years, there have appeared and disappeared too many DOS
- programming books to count. I can't believe that you need to waste bandwidth by
- asking for where one can be found.
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