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Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1

From Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1
Date 2013-03-29 10:23 -0700
Organization exMVPs.org
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Leo laid this down on his screen :
> R.Wieser wrote on 3/30/2013 :
>> Leo,
>>
>>> I am trying to call Int 2F/AX=1600h
>>
>> You're not, according to the below:
>>
>>> inregs.ax = &H1000
>>
>> Shouldn't that be &H1600 :-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rudy Wieser
>>
>> P.s.
>> I allmost missed it, as I somehow made the same number-conversion mistake
>> you did. :-\ :-D
>>
>>
>> -- Origional message:
>> Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> schreef in berichtnieuws
>> kj3shs$l5d$1@dont-email.me...
>>> I am trying to call Int 2F/AX=1600h in PDS running under DOSBOX. My
>>> code is:
>>> 
>>> REM $INCLUDE: 'qbx.bi'
>>> 
>>> DIM inregs AS RegTypeX
>>> DIM outregs AS RegTypeX
>>> 
>>> inregs.ax = &H1000
>>> 
>>> CALL interruptx(&H2F, inregs, outregs)
>>> 
>>> SELECT CASE outregs.ax
>>> CASE 0
>>> PRINT "Real Mode"
>>> 
>>> CASE &H10, &HFF
>>> PRINT "Windows/386 2.x running"
>>> CASE IS > 3
>>> PRINT "Windows 3.x is running"
>>> PRINT outregs.ax
>>> END SELECT
>>> 
>>> I am getting 4096 back. Can someone assist me with this please.
>
> Thanks for that. I am now getting 5632 out of it. Is that correct for DOSBox 
> that hasn't had windows launched? My reported DOS Version is 5.00.

Okay, first the caveat - it's been nearly 30 years since I used that 
function! <LOL>

Looks to me like you're "getting back" exactly what you put in?

  &H1600 = 5632

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Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-03-29 22:10 +1100
  Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-03-29 15:00 +0100
    Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-03-30 03:10 +1100
      Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-03-30 03:14 +1100
        Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-03-30 03:32 +0100
          Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-03-31 00:28 +1100
            Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-03-30 16:06 +0100
              Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 22:07 +1100
                Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-04-02 16:14 +0200
                Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-04-03 02:37 +1100
                Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-04-02 23:41 +0200
                Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-04-03 09:39 +1100
                Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2013-04-03 22:50 +0200
      Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2013-03-29 10:23 -0700
        Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-04-02 22:05 +1100
          Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Karl E. Peterson <karl@exmvps.org> - 2013-04-02 09:39 -0700
            Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1 Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com> - 2013-04-03 09:34 +1100

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