The use of → instead of = signifies that the indicated register or register pair contains a pointer to the specified item, rather than the item itself. One or more letters may follow the interrupt number; they have the following meanings:
generated if the divisor of a DIV or IDIV instruction is zero or the quotient overflows the result register; DX and AX will be unchanged.
SeeAlso: INT 04
generated after each instruction if TF (trap flag) is set; TF is cleared on invoking the single-step interrupt handler interrupts are prioritized such that external interrupts are invoked after the INT 01 pushes CS:IP/FLAGS and clears TF, but before the first instruction of the handler executes used by debuggers for single-instruction execution tracing, such as MSDOS DEBUG's T command
SeeAlso: INT 03
Instruction address breakpoint fault - will return to execute instruction Data address breakpoint trap - will return to following instruction General detect fault, debug registers in use Task-switch breakpoint trap
SeeAlso: INT 03
generated by the CPU when the input to the NMI pin is asserted return address points to start of interrupted instruction on 80286+ although the Intel documentation states that this interrupt is typically used for power-failure procedures, it has many other uses on IBM-compatible machines:
generated by the one-byte breakpoint instruction (opcode CCh) used by debuggers to implement breakpoints, such as MSDOS DEBUG's G command also used by Turbo Pascal versions 1,2,3 when {$U+} specified return address points to byte following the breakpoint instruction
SeeAlso: INT 01
AH = 09h
SI = 4647h ('FG')
DI = 4A4Dh ('JM')
AL = function
10h display string in Soft-ICE window
DS:DX -> ASCIZ string to display (max 100 bytes, 0Dh OK)
11h execute Soft-ICE command
DS:DX -> ASCIZ command string (max 100 bytes, 0Dh OK)
12h get breakpoint information
Return: BH = entry number of last breakpoint set
BL = type of last breakpoint set
00h BPM (breakpoint register types)
01h I/O
02h INTerrupt
03h BPX (INT 03h-style breakpoint)
04h reserved
05h range
DH = entry number of last breakpoint to be triggered
DL = type of last triggered breakpoint (see above)
the INTO instruction will generate this interrupt if OF (Overflow Flag) is set; otherwise, INTO is effectively a NOP may be used for convenient overflow testing (to prevent errors from propagating) instead of JO or a JNO/JMP combination
SeeAlso: INT 00
normally invoked by the INT 09 handler when PrtSc key is pressed, but may be invoked directly by applications
byte at 0050h:0000h contains status used by default handler 00h not active 01h PrtSc in progress FFh last PrtSc encountered error default handler is at F000h:FF54h in IBM PC and 100%-compatible BIOSes
SeeAlso: INT 10/AH=12h/BL=20h
generated by BOUND instruction when the value to be tested is less than the indicated lower bound or greater than the indicated upper bound.
returning from this interrupt re-executes the failing BOUND instruction
generated when the CPU attempts to execute an invalid opcode (most protected-mode instructions are considered invalid in real mode)
generated on BOUND, LDS, LES, or LIDT instructions which specify a register rather than a memory address return address points to beginning of invalid instruction with proper programming, this interrupt may be used to emulate instructions which do not exist; many 386 BIOSes emulate the 80286
undocumented LOADALL instruction which was removed from the 80386+
SeeAlso: INT 0C“CPU”,INT 0D“CPU”
called just before going into light or deep (shutdown) sleep and just after returning from light or deep sleep
SeeAlso: INT 0B“HP 95LX”,INT 15/AX=4DD4h,INT 15/AH=4Eh
automatically called if a coprocessor instruction is encountered when no coprocessor is installed can be used to emulate a numeric coprocessor in software
SeeAlso: INT 09“MATH UNIT PROTECTION”
generated 18.2 times per second by channel 0 of the 8254 system timer, this interrupt is used to keep the time-of-day clock updated programs which need to be invoked regularly should use INT 1C unless they need to reprogram the timer while still keeping the time-of-day clock running at the proper rate
default handler is at F000h:FEA5h in IBM PC and 100%-compatible BIOSes may be masked by setting bit 0 on I/O port 21h
SeeAlso: INT 1C,INT 4A,INT 50“DESQview”,INT 58“DoubleDOS”,INT 70,INT 78“GO32”
called when multiple exceptions occur on one instruction, or an exception occurs in an exception handler called in protected mode if an interrupt above the defined limit of the interrupt vector table occurs
return address points at beginning of instruction with errors or the beginning of the instruction which was about to execute when the external interrupt caused the exception
if an exception occurs in the double fault handler, the CPU goes into SHUTDOWN mode (which circuitry in the PC/AT converts to a reset);
this “triple fault” is a faster way of returning to real mode on many 80286 machines than the standard keyboard controller reset
generated when data is received from the keyboard. This is normally a scan code (from either a keypress *or* a key release), but may also be an ACK or NAK of a command on AT-class keyboards.
may be masked by setting bit 1 on I/O port 21h if the BIOS supports an enhanced (101/102-key) keyboard, it calls INT 15/AH=4Fh after reading the scan code from the keyboard and before further processing the interrupt handler performs the following actions for certain special keystrokes:
SeeAlso: INT 05,INT 0B“HP 95LX”,INT 15/AH=4Fh,INT 15/AH=85h,INT 16,INT 1B
SeeAlso: INT 2F/AX=A901h,INT 51“DESQview”,INT 59“DoubleDOS”,INT 79“GO32”
called if the coprocessor attempts to access memory outside a segment boundary; it may occur at an arbitrary time after the coprocessor instruction was issued until the condition is cleared or the coprocessor is reset, the only coprocessor instruction which may be used is FNINIT; WAIT or other coprocessor instructions will cause a deadlock because the coprocessor is still busy waiting for data
SeeAlso: INT 07“CPU”
this exception has been moved to INT 0D
SeeAlso: INT 09“MATH”,INT 0D
the TOPS and PCnet adapters use this interrupt request line by default DOS 3.2 revectors IRQ2 to a stack-switching routine on ATs and above, the physical data line for IRQ2 is labeled IRQ9 and connects to the slave 8259. The BIOS redirects the interrupt for IRQ9 back here.
under DESQview, only the INT 15h vector and BASIC segment address (the word at 0000h:0510h) may be assumed to be valid for the handler's process many VGA boards do not implement the vertical retrace interrupt, including the IBM VGA Adapter where the traces are either cut or removed
SeeAlso: INT 52“DESQview”,INT 5A“DoubleDOS”,INT 71,INT 7A“GO32”
may be masked by setting bit 2 on I/O port 21h
SeeAlso: INT 52“DESQview”,INT 5A“DoubleDOS”,INT 71
newer Roland cards and MIDI interfaces by other manufacturers use a jumper-selectable IRQ, but software and hardware generally defaults to IRQ2
SeeAlso: INT 52“DESQview”,INT 5A“DoubleDOS”,INT 71,INT 7A“GO32”
automatically called during a task switch if the new TSS specified by the task gate is invalid for any of the following reasons:
the handler must use a task gate in order to have a valid TSS under which to execute; it must also reset the busy bit in the new TSS
SeeAlso: INT 0B“CPU”
the TOPS and PCnet adapters use this interrupt request line as an alternate on PS/2's, COM2 through COM8 share this interrupt; on many PC's, COM4 shares this interrupt
may be masked by setting bit 3 on I/O port 21h
SeeAlso: INT 0C“COM1”,INT 53“DESQview”,INT 5B“DoubleDOS”,INT 7B“GO32”
generated when loading a segment register if the segment descriptor indicates that the segment is not currently in memory, unless the segment is an LDT (see INT 0A“CPU”) or stack segment (see INT 0C“CPU”) needed by a task switch may be used to implement virtual memory by loading in segments as they are accessed, clearing the “not present” bit after loading
SeeAlso: INT 0A“CPU”,INT 0E“hardware”
debounces key, places the keycode in I/O register 60h, and calls INT 09
SeeAlso: INT 09,INT 0D“HP 95LX”,INT 15/AX=4DD4h
on many PC's, COM3 shares this interrupt may be masked by setting bit 4 on I/O port 21h
SeeAlso: INT 0B“COM2”,INT 54“DESQview”,INT 5C“DoubleDOS”,INT 7C“GO32”
SeeAlso: INT 0B“CPU”,INT 0D“CPU”
Call offset 100h in the interrupt handler's segment with AH = function 03h update screen 05h select next session AL = session number (00h-03h) Return: AL = session type code 00h not active 01h display session 02h printer session FEh invalid session number DS = requested session's data segment (0 if not active) Return: ???
Format of emulator's data area (offset from interrupt handler's segment):
| Offset | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 13Eh | BYTE | bit flags for status line indicators turned on since this byte last zerod |
| 13Fh | BYTE | bit flags for status line indicators turned off since this byte last set to FFh |
| 140h | WORD | offset of EBCDIC to ASCII translation |
| 146h | WORD | offset of EBCDIC screen buffer |
| 148h | WORD | offset of EC (engineering change) level signature |
| 150h | BYTE | “KEYI” |
| 151h | BYTE | 5250 key scan code to be sent to remote |
| 15Bh | BYTE | “SYSAV” |
| 15Dh | BYTE | 5250 cursor column |
| 15Eh | BYTE | 5250 cursor row |
| 167h | BYTE | “DVCTAD” |
| 178h | BYTE | “FLAGS” |
| 184h | BYTE | “SESSNOAD” |
| 193h | BYTE | “STNAD” |
| 198h | BYTE | “NSDS” |
under DESQview, only the INT 15h vector and BASIC segment address (the word at 0000h:0510h) may be assumed to be valid for the handler's process
may be masked by setting bit 5 on I/O port 21h
SeeAlso: INT 0E“IRQ6”,INT 0F“IRQ7”,INT 55“DESQview”,INT 5D“DoubleDOS”
SeeAlso: INT 7D“GO32”
SeeAlso: INT 55
SeeAlso: INT 0B“HP 95LX”,INT 0E“HP 95LX”,INT 15/AX=4DD4h
called in real mode when
called in protected mode on protection violations not covered by INT 06 through INT 0C, including
called on 80486 protected-mode floating-point protection fault
SeeAlso: INT 09“80486”,INT 0C“STACK”
generated by floppy disk controller on completion of an operation
default handler is at F000h:EF57h in IBM PC and 100%-compatible BIOSes
may be masked by setting bit 6 on I/O port 21h
SeeAlso: INT 0D“IRQ5”,INT 56“DESQview”,INT 5E“DoubleDOS”,INT 7E“GO32”
used to implement virtual memory
SeeAlso: INT 0B“hardware”
SeeAlso: INT 0D“HP 95LX”,INT 0F“HP 95LX”,INT 15/AX=4DD4h
generated by the LPT1 printer adapter when printer becomes ready most printer adapters do not reliably generate this interrupt the 8259 interrupt controller generates an interrupt corresponding to IRQ7 when an error condition occurs
SeeAlso: INT 0D“LPT2”,INT 57“DESQview”,INT 5F“DoubleDOS”,INT 7F“GO32”
SeeAlso: INT 0E“HP 95LX”,INT 15/AX=4DD4h,INT 70