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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:26:44 -0500
- From: Matthew Edward Patton <mp52+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: DOS Box Programming
- In-Reply-To: <1992Dec14.180704.29564@wicat.com>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.os2.programmer: 14-Dec-92 Re: DOS Box
- Programming by Kevin Vigor@wicat.com
- > Call interrupt 2F (hex) with AX set to 1680 (hex). The call returns with
- > AL set to zero on sucess and 80 on failure. N.B.: this same call works
- > in a Windows 3.x DOS box and under DPMI.
-
- Although this information is not what I am interested in (I am not the
- one who requested it) my interest lies in where you found the
- information about the interrupt/call information. Is there programmer
- documentation for the mdos/os2 kernel I don't know about?
-
- Where do I get the info?
-
-
- Thanks
-
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- Laws of Computer Programming
-
- 1. Any given program, by the time it is up and running is obsolete.
- 2. Any given program costs more and takes longer than planned and budgeted.
- 3. Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out.
- 4. Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of the programmer
- who must maintain it.
- 5. At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will
- find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the
- computer.
-
- Press F4 to exit menu.
-