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Int 2F Fn D600 - Heart.com - Installation Check [G]
AX = D600h
Return: AX = 0303h (two hearts) if installed
ES:DI -> buffer (see below)
Program: HEART.COM is a CPU lock-up/critical indicator utility by Mitch Davis.
Notes: Once the host program has identified the address of the data area, it
can change this to indicate safe/critical, alternate colours, etc.
The entries for the color table are in char/attrib form. Every two
entries form a pair which is alternated between 68 times a minute.
The first half of the table is for color videos, the second mono.
Within each half, the first half is for the safe chars, and the
second for the critical chars.
Format of buffer:
Offset Size Description
00h 8 WORDs table of colors/attributes (see notes above)
10h BYTE flags
bit 0: program is in critical section, so flash double
exclamation mark
bit 1: program is in safe code, so flash the heart character
11h WORD position of heartbeat on screen, normally 009Eh (last column
of second line)
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