Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1

From	Leo <ttdhead@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject	Re: Help with calling Interrupts in MS BASIC PDS 7.1
Date	2013-04-02 22:05 +1100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Karl E. Peterson submitted this idea :
> 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

I presume based on the other sub thread, that is because of it being a 
Windows interupt for detecting Windows or XMS V1 so therefore nothing 
is actualy there when they arent running.

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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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