———-22——————————— INT 22 - DOS 1+ - PROGRAM TERMINATION ADDRESS
specifies the address of the routine which is to be given control after a program is terminated; should never be called directly, since it does not point at an interrupt handler
Notes: this vector is restored from the DWORD at offset 0Ah in the PSP during
termination, and then a FAR JMP is performed to the address in INT 22 normally points at the instruction immediately following INT 21/AH=4Bh call which loaded the current program
SeeAlso: INT 20,INT 21/AH=00h,INT 21/AH=31h,INT 21/AH=4Ch ———-23——————————— INT 23 - DOS 1+ - CONTROL-C/CONTROL-BREAK HANDLER
invoked whenever DOS detects a ^C or ^Break; should never be called directly
—DOS 1.x— Return: AH = 00h abort program
if all registers preserved, restart DOS call
—DOS 2+— Return: all registers preserved
return via RETF or RETF 2 with CF set DOS will abort program with errorlevel 0 else (RETF/RETF 2 with CF clear or IRET) interrupted DOS call is restarted
Notes: MSDOS 1.25 also invokes INT 23 on a divide overflow (INT 00)
any DOS call may safely be made within the INT 23 handler, although the handler must to check for a recursive invocation if it does call DOS
SeeAlso: INT 1B ———-24——————————— INT 24 - DOS 1+ - CRITICAL ERROR HANDLER
invoked when a critical (usually hardware) error is encountered; should never be called directly
Critical error handler is invoked with:
AH = type and processing flags bit 7 clear = disk I/O error set = -- if block device, bad FAT image in memory -- if char device, error code in DI bit 6 unused bit 5 = 1 if Ignore allowed, 0 if not (DOS 3+) bit 4 = 1 if Retry allowed, 0 if not (DOS 3+) bit 3 = 1 if Fail allowed, 0 if not (DOS 3+) bit 2 \ disk area of error 00 = DOS area 01 = FAT bit 1 / 10 = root dir 11 = data area bit 0 = 1 if write, 0 if read AL = drive number if AH bit 7 clear BP:SI -> device driver header (BP:[SI+4] bit 15 set if char device) DI low byte contains error code if AH bit 7 set 00h write-protection violation attempted 01h unknown unit for driver 02h drive not ready 03h unknown command given to driver 04h data error (bad CRC) 05h bad device driver request structure length 06h seek error 07h unknown media type 08h sector not found 09h printer out of paper 0Ah write fault 0Bh read fault 0Ch general failure 0Dh (DOS 3+) sharing violation 0Eh (DOS 3+) lock violation 0Fh invalid disk change 10h (DOS 3+) FCB unavailable 11h (DOS 3+) sharing buffer overflow 12h (DOS 4+) code page mismatch 13h (DOS 4+) out of input 14h (DOS 4+) insufficient disk space STACK: DWORD return address for INT 24 call WORD flags pushed by INT 24 WORD original AX on entry to INT 21 WORD BX WORD CX WORD DX WORD SI WORD DI WORD BP WORD DS WORD ES DWORD return address for INT 21 call WORD flags pushed by INT 21
Handler must return:
AL = action code 00h ignore error and continue processing request 01h retry operation 02h terminate program through the equivalent of INT 21/AH=4Ch (INT 20h for DOS 1.x) 03h fail system call in progress SS,SP,DS,ES,BX,CX,DX preserved
Notes: the only DOS calls the handler may make are INT 21/AH=01h-0Ch,30h,59h
if the handler returns to the application by popping the stack, DOS will be in an unstable state until the first call with AH > 0Ch for DOS 3.1+, IGNORE (AL=00h) is turned into FAIL (AL=03h) on network critical errors if IGNORE specified but not allowed, it is turned into FAIL if RETRY specified but not allowed, it is turned into FAIL if FAIL specified but not allowed, it is turned into ABORT (DOS 3+) if a critical error occurs inside the critical error handler, the DOS call is automatically failed
———-25——————————— INT 25 - DOS 1+ - ABSOLUTE DISK READ (except partitions > 32M)
AL = drive number (00h = A:, 01h = B:, etc) CX = number of sectors to read DX = starting logical sector number (0000h - highest sector on drive) DS:BX -> buffer for data
Return: CF clear if successful
CF set on error AH = status 80h device failed to respond (timeout) 40h seek operation failed 20h controller failed 10h data error (bad CRC) 08h DMA failure 04h requested sector not found 03h write-protected disk (INT 26 only) 02h bad address mark 01h bad command AL = error code (same as passed to INT 24 in DI) may destroy all other registers except segment registers
Notes: original flags are left on stack, and must be popped by caller
this call bypasses the DOS filesystem
BUG: DOS 3.1 through 3.3 set the word at ES:[BP+1Eh] to FFFFh if AL is an
invalid drive number
SeeAlso: INT 13/AH=02h,INT 26 ———-25——————————— INT 25 - DOS 3.31+ - ABSOLUTE DISK READ (>32M hard-disk partition)
AL = drive number (0=A, 1=B, etc) CX = FFFFh DS:BX -> disk read packet (see below)
Return: same as above Notes: partition is potentially >32M (and requires this form of the call) if
bit 1 of device attribute word in device driver is set original flags are left on stack, and must be removed by caller this call bypasses the DOS filesystem
SeeAlso: INT 13/AH=02h,INT 26
Format of disk read packet: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD sector number 04h WORD number of sectors to read 06h DWORD transfer address ———-25CDCD—————————– INT 25 - Stacker - GET DEVICE DRIVER ADDRESS
AX = CDCDh DS:BX -> buffer for address (see below) CX = 0001h DX = 0000h
Return: AX = CDCDh if Stacker installed
DS:BX buffer filled
Format of driver address buffer: Offset Size Description 00h WORD signature CDCDh 02h WORD ??? 0001h 04h DWORD pointer to start of Stacker device driver
Format of device driver: Offset Size Description 00h WORD signature A55Ah 02h WORD Stacker version * 64h 04h WORD offset of volume-specific information offset table
(list of WORDs, one per drive, containing offsets to various information)
06h 56 BYTEs n/a 3Eh BYTE volume number, set after INT 21/AX=4404h
(use to index into volume-specific info offset table)
3Fh 19 BYTEs n/a 52h 4 BYTEs ASCII string “SWAP” 56h 26 BYTEs drive mapping table (one byte for each drive A: through Z:)
Format of Stacker boot record: Offset Size Description 1F0h 8 BYTEs Stacker signature (first byte is CDh) 1F8h DWORD pointer to start of Stacker device driver 1FCh WORD Stacker volume number 1FEh WORD ??? ———-25—-ALFF————————- INT 25 - PC-CACHE.SYS - INSTALLATION CHECK
AL = FFh SI = 4358h
Return: SI = 6378h if installed
CX = segment of device driver PC-CACHE.SYS DX = version (major in DH, minor in DL)
Note: PC-CACHE.SYS is a small device driver used by PC-Cache v5.x to obtain
access to certain disk drivers for devices such as Bernoulli drives
SeeAlso: INT 13/AH=A0h ———-26——————————— INT 26 - DOS 1+ - ABSOLUTE DISK WRITE (except partitions > 32M)
AL = drive number (00h = A:, 01h = B:, etc) CX = number of sectors to write DX = starting logical sector number (0000h - highest sector on drive) DS:BX -> data to write
Return: CF clear if successful
CF set on error AH = status 80h device failed to respond (timeout) 40h seek operation failed 20h controller failed 10h data error (bad CRC) 08h DMA failure 04h requested sector not found 03h write-protected disk (INT 26 only) 02h bad address mark 01h bad command AL = error code (same as passed to INT 24 in DI) may destroy all other registers except segment registers
Notes: original flags are left on stack, and must be popped by caller
this call bypasses the DOS filesystem
BUG: DOS 3.1 through 3.3 set the word at ES:[BP+1Eh] to FFFFh if AL is an
invalid drive number
SeeAlso: INT 13/AH=03h,INT 25 ———-26——————————— INT 26 - DOS 3.31+ - ABSOLUTE DISK WRITE (>32M hard-disk partition)
AL = drive number (0=A, 1=B, etc) CX = FFFFh DS:BX -> disk write packet (see below)
Return: same as above Notes: partition is potentially >32M (and requires this form of the call) if
bit 1 of device attribute word in device driver is set original flags are left on stack, and must be removed by caller this call bypasses the DOS filesystem
SeeAlso: INT 13/AH=03h,INT 25
Format of disk write packet: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD sector number 04h WORD number of sectors to read 06h DWORD transfer address ———-27——————————— INT 27 - DOS 1+ - TERMINATE AND STAY RESIDENT
DX = number of bytes to keep resident (max FFF0h) CS = segment of PSP
Return: never Notes: this is an obsolete call
INT 22, INT 23, and INT 24 are restored from the PSP does not close any open files the minimum number of bytes which will remain resident is 110h for DOS 2.x and 60h for DOS 3+; there is no minimum for DOS 1.x, which implements this service in COMMAND.COM rather than the DOS kernel
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=31h ———-28——————————— INT 28 - DOS 2+ - DOS IDLE INTERRUPT
Invoked each time one of the DOS character input functions loops while waiting for input. Since a DOS call is in progress even though DOS is actually idle during such input waits, hooking this function is necessary to allow a TSR to perform DOS calls while the foreground program is waiting for user input. The INT 28h handler may invoke any INT 21 function except functions 00h through 0Ch. Under DOS 2.x, the critical error flag (the byte immediately after the InDOS flag) must be set in order to call DOS functions 50h/51h without destroying the DOS stacks.
Notes: calls to INT 21/AH=3Fh,40h may not use a handle which refers to CON
at the time of the call, the InDOS flag (see INT 21/AH=34h) is normally set to 01h; if larger, DOS is truly busy and should not be reentered the default handler is an IRET instruction supported in OS/2 compatibility box
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=34h,INT 2A/AH=84h ———-29——————————— INT 29 - DOS 2+ - FAST CONSOLE OUTPUT
AL = character to display
Return: nothing Notes: automatically called when writing to a device with bit 4 of its device
driver header set (see also INT 21/AH=52h) COMMAND.COM v3.2 and v3.3 compare the INT 29 vector against the INT 20 vector and assume that ANSI.SYS is installed if the segment is larger the default handler under DOS 2.x and 3.x simply calls INT 10/AH=0Eh the default handler under DESQview 2.2 understands the <Esc>[2J screen-clearing sequence, calls INT 10/AH=0Eh for all others
SeeAlso: INT 79 ———-2A00——————————- INT 2A - NETWORK (Microsoft, LANtastic) - INSTALLATION CHECK
AH = 00h
Return: AH <> 00h if installed SeeAlso: INT 5C ———-2A0000—————————– INT 2A - AT&T Starlan Extended NetBIOS (var length names) - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 0000h
Return: AH = DDh SeeAlso: INT 5B ———-2A01——————————- INT 2A - NETWORK (Microsoft,LANtastic) - EXECUTE NETBIOS REQUEST,NO ERROR RETRY
AH = 01h ES:BX -> NCB (see INT 5C)
Return: AL = NetBIOS error code
AH = 00h if no error = 01h on error
SeeAlso: AH=04h,AX=0500h,INT 5B,INT 5C“NetBIOS” ———-2A02——————————- INT 2A - NETWORK (Microsoft) - SET NET PRINTER MODE
AH = 02h ???
Return: ??? ———-2A0300—————————– INT 2A - NETWORK (Microsoft,LANtastic) - CHECK DIRECT I/O
AX = 0300h DS:SI -> ASCIZ device name (may be full path or only drive specifier-- must include the colon)
Return: CF clear if direct physical addressing (INT 13,INT 25) permissible
CF set if access via files only
Notes: do not use direct disk accesses if this function returns CF set or the
device is redirected (INT 21/AX=5F02h) may take some time to execute called by DOS kernel on INT 25 and INT 26
SeeAlso: INT 13,INT 25,INT 26,INT 21/AX=5F02h ———-2A04——————————- INT 2A - NETWORK (Microsoft,LANtastic) - EXECUTE NetBIOS REQUEST
AH = 04h AL = error retry 00h automatically retry request on errors 09h, 12h, and 21h 01h no retry ES:BX -> Network Control Block (see INT 5C"NetBIOS")
Return: AX = 0000h if successful
AH = 01h on error AL = error code
Note: invokes either INT 5B or INT 5C as appropriate SeeAlso: AH=01h,AX=0500h,INT 5B,INT 5C“NetBIOS” ———-2A0500—————————– INT 2A - NETWORK (Microsoft,LANtastic) - GET NETWORK RESOURCE AVAILABILITY
AX = 0500h
Return: AX reserved
BX = number of network names available CX = number of network control blocks available DX = number of network sessions available
SeeAlso: AH=01h,AH=04h,INT 5C“NetBIOS” ———-2A06——————————- INT 2A - NETBIOS, LANtastic - NETWORK PRINT-STREAM CONTROL
AH = 06h AL = 01h set concatenation mode (all printer output put in one job) 02h set truncation mode (default) printer open/close starts new print job 03h flush printer output and start new print job
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code CF clear if successful
Notes: subfunction 03h is equivalent to Ctrl/Alt/keypad-*
LANtastic v4.x no longer supports this call
SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=5D08h,INT 21/AX=5D09h,INT 2F/AX=1125h ———-2A2001—————————– INT 2A - MS Networks or NETBIOS - ???
AX = 2001h ???
Return: ??? Note: intercepted by DESQview 2.x ———-2A2002—————————– INT 2A - NETWORK - ???
AX = 2002h ???
Return: ??? Note: called by MSDOS 3.30-5.00 APPEND ———-2A2003—————————– INT 2A - NETWORK - ???
AX = 2003h ???
Return: ??? Note: called by MSDOS 3.30-5.00 APPEND ———-2A7802—————————– INT 2A - NETWORK - PC LAN PROG v1.31+ - GET LOGGED ON USER NAME
AX = 7802h ES:DI -> 8-byte buffer to be filled
Return: AL = 00h if no user logged on to Extended Services
AL <> 00h if user logged on to Extended Services buffer at ES:DI filled with name, padded to 8 chars with blanks.
———-2A80——————————- INT 2A - NETWORK - BEGIN DOS CRITICAL SECTION
AH = 80h AL = critical section number (00h-0Fh) 01h DOS kernel, SHARE.EXE apparently for maintaining the integrity of DOS/SHARE/NET data structures 02h DOS kernel ensures that no multitasking occurs while DOS is calling an installable device driver 05h DOS 4.x only IFSFUNC 06h DOS 4.x only IFSFUNC 08h ASSIGN.COM 0Ah MSCDEX
Notes: normally hooked to avoid interrupting a critical section, rather than
called the handler should ensure that none of the critical sections are reentered, usually by suspending a task which attempts to reenter an active critical section the DOS kernel does not invoke critical sections 01h and 02h unless it is patched. DOS 3.1 through 3.31 contain a zero-terminated list of words beginning at offset 02C3h in the IBMDOS segment; each word contains the offset within the IBMDOS segment of a byte which must be changed from C3h to 50h to enable use of critical sections.
SeeAlso: AH=81h,AH=82h,AH=87h,INT 21/AX=5D06h,INT 21/AX=5D0Bh ———-2A81——————————- INT 2A - NETWORK - END DOS CRITICAL SECTION
AH = 81h AL = critical section number (00h-0Fh) (see AH=80h)
Notes: normally hooked rather than called
the handler should reawaken any tasks which were suspended due to an attempt to enter the specified critical section
SeeAlso: AH=80h,AH=82h,AH=87h ———-2A82——————————- INT 2A - NETWORK - END DOS CRITICAL SECTIONS 0 THROUGH 7
AH = 82h
Notes: called by the INT 21h function dispatcher for function 0 and functions
greater than 0Ch except 59h, and on process termination the handler should reawaken any tasks which were suspended due to an attempt to enter one of the critical sections 0 through 7
SeeAlso: AH=81h ———-2A84——————————- INT 2A - Microsoft Networks - KEYBOARD BUSY LOOP
AH = 84h
Note: similar to DOS's INT 28h, called from inside the DOS keyboard input
loop to allow network to process requests
SeeAlso: INT 28 ———-2A87——————————- INT 2A - PRINT??? - CRITICAL SECTION
AH = 87h AL = start/end 00h start 01h end
Note: called by PRINT.COM SeeAlso: AH=80h,AH=81h ———-2A89——————————- INT 2A - Network - ???
AH = 89h AL = ??? (ASSIGN uses 08h) ???
Return: ??? ———-2A90——————————- INT 2A - IBM PC 3270 EMULATION PROGRAM - ???
AH = 90h ???
Return: ??? Note: the LANtastic redirector and SERVER.EXE use this function with AL=01h,
03h-07h,0Ch-11h
———-2AC2——————————- INT 2A - Network - ???
AH = C2h AL = subfunction 07h ??? 08h ??? BX = 0001h ???
Return: ??? Note: called by DOS 3.30-5.00 APPEND ———-2AFF90—————————– INT 2A - PC/TCP PREDIR.EXE - ???
AX = FF90h
Return: AX = ??? Note: PREDIR.EXE is the network printer redirector included as part of the
PC/TCP system by FTP Software, Inc.
———-2AFF91—————————– INT 2A - PC/TCP PREDIR.EXE - ???
AX = FF91h BX = ???
Return: AX = status??? ———-2AFF92—————————– INT 2A - PC/TCP PREDIR.EXE - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = FF92h
Return: AX = 0000h if installed
BX = redirected printer port (FFFFh if no printers redirected) CX = version (CH = major, CL = minor)
Note: PREDIR.EXE is the network printer redirector included as part of the
PC/TCP system by FTP Software, Inc.
———-2AFF93—————————– INT 2A - PC/TCP PREDIR.EXE - ???
AX = FF93h
Return: AX = ??? ———-2AFF94—————————– INT 2A - PC/TCP PREDIR.EXE - ???
AX = FF94h BX = ??? CX = ??? DX = ???
Return: AX = ??? Note: PREDIR.EXE is the network printer redirector included as part of the
PC/TCP system by FTP Software, Inc.
———-2AFF95—————————– INT 2A - PC/TCP PREDIR.EXE - GET CONFIGURATION STRINGS
AX = FF95h CX = what to get 0000h ??? (returned pointer to "C:\COMMAND.COM") 0001h spooling program 0002h ??? 0003h spool file name 0004h swap file name
Return: AX = status
0000h successful BX:DX -> ASCIZ configuration string
———-2AFF96—————————– INT 2A - PC/TCP PREDIR.EXE - SET PRINT JOB TERMINATION CONFIGURATION
AX = FF96h CX = what to set 0000h ??? 0001h print-on-hotkey state 0002h print-on-exit state 0003h print job timeout in clock ticks 0004h print-on-EOF state BX = new value (0000h disabled, 0001h enabled except for timeout)
Return: AX = ??? SeeAlso: AX=FF97h Note: PREDIR.EXE is the network printer redirector included as part of the
PC/TCP system by FTP Software, Inc.
———-2AFF97—————————– INT 2A - PC/TCP PREDIR.EXE - GET PRINT JOB TERMINATION CONFIGURATION
AX = FF97h CX = what to get 0000h ??? 0001h print-on-hotkey state 0002h print-on-exit state 0003h print job timeout in clock ticks 0004h print-on-EOF state
Return: AX = status
0000h successful BX = old value (0000h disabled, 0001 enabled except for timeout)
SeeAlso: AX=FF96h ———-2B——————————— INT 2B - DOS 2+ - RESERVED Note: this vector is not used in DOS versions ⇐ 5.00, and points at an IRET ———-2C——————————— INT 2C - DOS 2+ - RESERVED Note: this vector is not used in DOS versions ⇐ 5.00, and points at an IRET ———-2C——————————— INT 2C - STARLITE architecture - KERNEL API Note: STARLITE is an architecture by General Software for a series of MS-DOS
compatible operating systems (OEM DOS, NETWORK DOS, and SMP DOS) to be released in 1991. The interrupt number is subject to change before the actual release.
———-2D——————————— INT 2D - DOS 2+ - RESERVED Note: this vector is not used in DOS versions ⇐ 5.00, and points at an IRET ———-2D——————————— INT 2D - ALTERNATE MULTIPLEX INTERRUPT SPECIFICATION (AMIS) [proposal v3.4]
AH = multiplex number AL = function 00h installation check Return: AL = FFh if multiplex number in use CX = version number (CH = major, CL = minor) DX:DI -> signature string (see below) identifying the program using the multiplex number AL = 00h if free 01h get entry point Return: AL = FFh if entry point supported DX:BX -> entry point for bypassing interrupt chain AL = 00h if all API calls via INT 2D 02h uninstall DX:BX = return address for successful uninstall (may be ignored by TSR) Return: AL = status 00h not implemented 01h unsuccessful 02h can not uninstall yet, will do so when able 03h safe to remove, but no resident uninstaller (TSR still enabled) BX = segment of memory block with resident code 04h safe to remove, but no resident uninstaller (TSR now disabled) BX = segment of memory block with resident code 05h not safe to remove now, try again later FFh successful return at DX:BX with AX destroyed if successful and TSR honors specific return address 03h request pop-up Return: AL = status 00h not implemented or TSR is not a pop-up 01h can not pop up at this time, try again later 02h can not pop up yet, will do so when able 03h already popped up 04h unable to pop up, user intervention required BX = standard reason code 0000h unknown failure 0001h interrupt chain passes through memory which must be swapped out to pop up 0002h swap-in failed CX = application's reason code if nonzero FFh TSR popped up and was exited by user BX = return value 0000h no return value 0001h TSR unloaded 0002h-00FFh reserved 0100h-FFFFh application-dependent 04h determine chained interrupts BL = interrupt number (except 2Dh) Return: AL = status 00h not implemented 01h unable to determine 02h interrupt hooked 03h interrupt hooked, address returned DX:BX -> TSR's interrupt BL handler 04h list of hooked interrupts returned DX:BX -> interrupt hook list (see below) FFh interrupt not hooked Notes: since INT 2D is known to be hooked, the resident code need not test for BL=2Dh (to minimize its size), and the return value is therefore undefined in that case. BL is ignored if the TSR returns AL=04h; in that case, the caller needs to scan the return list rather than making additional calls to this function. If the return is not 00h or 04h, then the caller must cycle through the remaining interrupt numbers it wishes to check. return values 01h thru 03h are disparaged and may be removed from future versions of the specification; they are included for compatibility with version 3.3 05h-0Fh reserved for future enhancements Return: AL = 00h (not implemented) other application-dependent
Notes: programs should not use fixed multiplex numbers; rather, a program
should scan all multiplex numbers from 00h to FFh, remembering the first unused multiplex in case the program is not yet installed. For multiplex numbers which are in use, the program should compare the first 16 bytes of the signature string to determine whether it is already installed on that multiplex number. If not previously installed, it should use the first free multiplex number. functions other than 00h are not valid unless a program is installed on the selected multiplex number to be considered fully compliant with version 3.4 of the specification, programs must implement at least functions 00h, 02h (no resident uninstall code required), and 04h (return value 04h). The absolute minimum implementation has an overhead of 64 bytes plus 22 bytes per hooked interrupt (for the interrupt sharing protocol header and hook list entry). the signature string and description may be used by memory mappers to display the installed programs users of this proposal should adhere to the IBM interrupt sharing protocol (see below), which will permit removal of TSRs in arbitrary order and interrupt handler reordering. All TSRs following this proposal should be removable, though they need not keep the code for removing themselves resident; it is acceptable for a separate program to perform the removal. A sample implementation including example TSRs and utility programs may be found in a separate package distributed as AMISLnnn.ZIP (AMISL081.ZIP as of this writing). Please let me know if you choose to follow this proposal. A list of the private API calls you use would be appreciated, as well.
SeeAlso: INT 2F
Format of signature string: Offset Size Description 00h 8 BYTEs blank-padded manufacturer's name (possibly abbreviated) 08h 8 BYTEs blank-padded product name 10h 64 BYTEs ASCIZ product description (optional, may be a single 00h) Note: it is not necessary to reserve a full 64 bytes for the description,
just enough to store the actual ASCIZ string
Format of interrupt hook list [array]: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE interrupt number (last entry in array is 2Dh) 01h WORD offset within hook list's segment of the interrupt handler this will point at the initial short jump of the interrupt
sharing protocol header (see below)
Format of interrupt sharing protocol interrupt handler entry point: Offset Size Description 00h 2 BYTEs short jump to actual start of interrupt handler, immediately
following this data block (EBh 10h)
02h DWORD address of next handler in chain 06h WORD signature 424Bh 08h BYTE EOI flag
00h software interrupt or secondary hardware interrupt handler 80h primary hardware interrupt handler (will issue EOI)
09h 2 BYTEs short jump to hardware reset routine
must point at a valid FAR procedure (may be just RETF)
0Bh 7 BYTEs reserved (0)
Signatures known to be in use: 'Crynwr ' 'SPELLER ' TSR spelling-checker 'heathh ' 'Monitor ' 'Ralf B ' 'FASTMOUS' example TSR included with sample AMIS library code 'Ralf B ' 'NOLPT n ' example TSR – turn LPTn into bit-bucket 'Ralf B ' 'NOTE ' example TSR – popup note-taker 'Ralf B ' 'SWITCHAR' example TSR – add switchar() support removed from DOS5 'Ralf B ' 'VGABLANK' example TSR – VGA-only screen blanker 'TifaWARE' 'EATMEM ' George A. Theall's public domain memory restrictor for testing programs (v1.1+)
'RECALL ' public domain commandline editor and history (v1.2+)
———-2E——————————— INT 2E - DOS 2+ - PASS COMMAND TO COMMAND INTERPRETER FOR EXECUTION
DS:SI -> commandline to execute (see below)
Return: all registers except CS:IP destroyed
AX = status (4DOS v4.0) 0000h successful FFFFh error before processing command (not enough memory, etc) other error number returned by command
Notes: this call allows execution of arbitrary commands (including COMMAND.COM
internal commands) without loading another copy of COMMAND.COM if COMMAND.COM is the user's command interpreter, the primary copy executes the command; this allows the master environment to be modified by issuing a "SET" command, but changes in the master environment will not become effective until all programs descended from the primary COMMAND.COM terminate since COMMAND.COM processes the string as if typed from the keyboard, the transient portion needs to be present, and the calling program must ensure that sufficient memory to load the transient portion can be allocated by DOS if necessary results are unpredictable if invoked by a program run from a batch file because this call is not reentrant and COMMAND.COM uses the same internal variables when processing a batch file hooked but ignored by 4DOS v3.0 COMMAND.COM replacement unless SHELL2E has been loaded
Format of commandline: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE length of command string, not counting trailing CR 01h var command string
N BYTE 0Dh (CR)
———-2E—-BXE22E———————– INT 2E - 4DOS v2.x-3.03 SHELL2E.COM - UNINSTALL
BX = E22Eh DS:SI -> zero byte
Return: if successful, SHELL2E terminates itself with INT 21/AH=4Ch ———-2F——————————— INT 2F - Multiplex - NOTES
AH = identifier of program which is to handle the interrupt 00h-7Fh reserved for DOS C0h-FFh reserved for applications AL is the function code This is a general mechanism for verifying the presence of a TSR and communicating with it. When searching for a free identifier code for AH using the installation check (AL=00h), the calling program should set BX/CX/DX to 0000h and must not depend on any registers other than CS:IP and SS:SP to be valid on return, since numerous programs now use additional registers on input and/or output for the installation check.
Note: Since the multiplex chain is growing so long, and beginning to
experience multiplex number collisions, I am proposing an alternate multiplex interrupt on INT 2D. If you decide to use the alternate multiplex, please let me know.
SeeAlso: INT 2D ———-2F——————————— INT 2F - BMB Compuscience Canada Utilities Interface
AH = xx (dynamically assigned based upon a search for a multiplex number which doesn't answer installed) AL = 00h installation check ES:DI = EBEBh:BEBEh
Return: AL = 00h not installed
01h not installed, not OK to install FFh installed; if ES:DI was EBEBh:BEBEh on entry, ES:DI will point to a string of the form 'MMMMPPPPPPPPvNNNN' where MMMM is a short form of the manufacturer's name, PPPPPPPP is a product name and NNNN is the product's version number
———-2F——————————— INT 2F - Ross Wentworth's Turbo Pascal POPUP LIBRARY
AH = programmer-selected multiplex number AL = function 00h installation check Return: AL = FFh if installed 01h get TSR interrupt vectors Return: DX:AX -> vector table (see below) 02h get TSR code segment Return: AX = code segment for all interrupt handlers 03h call user exit routine and release TSR's memory 04h get signature string Return: DX:AX -> counted string containing signature 05h get TSR's INT 2F handler Return: DX:AX -> INT 2F handler 06h enable/disable TSR BL = new state (00h disabled, 01h enabled) 07h activate TSR (popup if not disabled) 08h get hotkeys BL = which hotkey (00h = hotkey 1, 01h = hotkey 2) Return: AX = hotkey (AH = keyflags, AL = scancode) 09h set hotkey BL = which hotkey (00h = hotkey 1, 01h = hotkey 2) CX = new hotkey (CH = keyflags, CL = scancode) 0Ah-1Fh reserved
Format of vector table entry: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE vector number (00h = end of table) 01h DWORD original vector 05h WORD offset of interrupt handler in TSR's code segment ———-2F——————————— INT 2F - CiriSOFT Spanish University of Valladolid TSR's Interface
AH = xx (dynamically assigned based upon a search for a multiplex number from C0h to FFh which doesn't answer installed) AL = 00h installation check ES:DI = 1492h:1992h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
01h not installed, not OK to install FFh installed; and if ES:DI was 1492h:1992h on entry, ES:DI will point to author_name_ver table (see below) AH = FFh
Note: this interface permits advanced communication with TSRs: it is possible
to make a generic unistall utility, advanced TSR relocator programs in order to fit fragmented memory areas, etc.
See also: INT 2D“AMIS”,INT 2F“Compuscience”
Format of author_name_ver table: Offset Size Description -16 WORD segment in which really begins the TSR code (CS in programs
with PSP, XMS upper memory segment if installed as UMB...)
-14 WORD offset in which really begins the TSR code (frecuently 100h
in *.COM programs and 0 in upper memory TSR's).
-12 WORD memory used by TSR (in paragraphs). Knowing the memory area
used by TSR is possible to determine if hooked vectors are still pointing it (and if it is safe the unistall process).
-10 BYTE characteristics byte
bits 0-2: 000 normal program (with PSP) 001 upper XMS memory block (needed HIMEM.SYS function to free memory when unistalling) 010 device driver (*.SYS) 011 device driver in EXE format 1xx others (reserved) bits 3-6 reserved bit 7 set if extra_table defined and supported
-9 BYTE number of multiplex entry used (redefinition available). Note
that the TSR must be use THIS variable in it's INT 2Fh handler.
-8 WORD offset to vector_area table (see bellow) -6 WORD offset to extra_area table (see bit 7 in offset -10 and bellow) -4 4 BYTEs “*##*” (to insure that the TSR verify this agreement) 00h var “AUTHOR:PROGRAM_NAME:VERSION”,0 (variable length, this area
is used in order to determine if the TSR is already resident and it's version code; the ':' char is used as delimiter)
Format of vector_area table: Offset Size Description -1 BYTE number of vectors intercepted by TSR 00h BYTE first vector number 01h DWORD first vector pointer before installing the TSR 05h BYTE second vector number 06h DWORD second vector pointer before installing the TSR
. . (and so on) Note that the TSR must be use THIS variables to invoke previous interrupt handler routines.
Format of extra_area table (needed only to improve relocation feature): Offset Size Description 00h WORD offset to external_ctrl table (0 if not supported) 02h WORD reserved for future use (0)
Format of external_ctrl table: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE bit 0: TSR is relocatable (no absolute segment references) 01h WORD offset to a variable which can activate/inhibit the TSR —And if bit 0 in offset 00h is off: 03h DWORD pointer to ASCIIZ with pathname to executable file which
supports /SR parameter (silent installation & inhibit)
07h DWORD pointer to first variable to initialize on the copy reloaded
from the previous TSR still resident
0Bh DWORD pointer to last variable (all variables packed in one block) ———-2F00——————————- INT 2F U - DOS 2.x PRINT.COM - ???
AH = 00h ???
Return: ??? Notes: DOS 2.x PRINT.COM does not chain to previous INT 2F handler
values in AH other than 00h or 01h cause PRINT to return the number of files in the queue in AH
SeeAlso: AH=01h ———-2F0080—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3.1+ PRINT.COM - GIVE PRINT A TIME SLICE
AX = 0080h
Return: after PRINT executes ———-2F01——————————- INT 2F U - DOS 2.x PRINT.COM - ???
AH = 01h ???
Return: ??? Notes: DOS 2.x PRINT.COM does not chain to previous INT 2F handler
values in AH other than 00h or 01h cause PRINT to return the number of files in the queue in AH
SeeAlso: AH=00h ———-2F0100—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3+ PRINT.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 0100h
Return: AL = status
00h not installed 01h not installed, but not OK to install FFh installed
SeeAlso: AX=0101h ———-2F0101—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3+ PRINT.COM - SUBMIT FILE FOR PRINTING
AX = 0101h DS:DX -> submit packet (see below)
Return: CF clear if successful
AL = 01h added to queue 9Eh now printing CF set on error AX = error code (see also INT 21/AH=59h) 01h invalid function 02h file not found 03h path not found 04h out of file handles 05h access denied 08h print queue full 09h spooler busy 0Ch name too long 0Fh invalid drive
SeeAlso: AX=0102h
Format of submit packet: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE level (must be 00h) 01h DWORD pointer to ASCIZ filename (no wildcards) ———-2F0102—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3+ PRINT.COM - REMOVE FILE FROM PRINT QUEUE
AX = 0102h DS:DX -> ASCIZ filename (wildcards allowed)
Return: CF clear if successful
CF set on error AX = error code (see AX=0101h)
SeeAlso: AX=0101h,AX=0103h ———-2F0103—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3+ PRINT.COM - CANCEL ALL FILES IN PRINT QUEUE
AX = 0103h
Return: CF clear if successful
CF set on error AX = error code (see AX=0101h)
SeeAlso: AX=0102h ———-2F0104—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3+ PRINT.COM - FREEZE PRINT QUEUE TO READ JOB STATUS
AX = 0104h
Return: CF clear if successful
DX = error count DS:SI -> print queue CF set on error AX = error code (see AX=0101h)
Notes: the print queue is an array of 64-byte ASCIZ filenames terminated by
an empty filename; the first name is the file currently being printed printing is stopped until AX=0105h is called to prevent the queue from changing while the filenames are being read
SeeAlso: AX=0101h,AX=0105h ———-2F0105—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3+ PRINT.COM - RESTART PRINT QUEUE AFTER STATUS READ
AX = 0105h
Return: CF clear if successful
CF set on error AX = error code (see AX=0101h)
SeeAlso: AX=0104h ———-2F0106—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3.3+ PRINT.COM - GET PRINTER DEVICE
AX = 0106h
Return: CF set if files in print queue
AX = error code 0008h (queue full) DS:SI -> device driver header CF clear if print queue empty AX = 0000h
Note: documented for DOS 5+, but not documented for prior versions SeeAlso: AX=0104h ———-2F0200—————————– INT 2F U - PC LAN PROGRAM REDIR/REDIRIFS internal - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 0200h
Return: AL = FFh if installed ———-2F0201—————————– INT 2F U - PC LAN PROGRAM REDIR/REDIRIFS internal - ???
AX = 0201h
Return: nothing??? Notes: called by DOS 3.3+ PRINT.COM
AX=0202h appears to be the opposite function
SeeAlso: AX=0202h ———-2F0202—————————– INT 2F U - PC LAN PROGRAM REDIR/REDIRIFS internal - ???
AX = 0202h ???
Return: nothing??? Note: called by DOS 3.3+ PRINT.COM SeeAlso: AX=0201h ———-2F0203—————————– INT 2F U - PC LAN PROGRAM REDIR/REDIRIFS internal - ???
AX = 0203h
Return: nothing??? Notes: called by DOS 3.3+ PRINT.COM
AX=0204h appears to be the opposite function
SeeAlso: AX=0204h ———-2F0204—————————– INT 2F U - PC LAN PROGRAM REDIR/REDIRIFS internal - ???
AX = 0204h ???
Return: nothing??? Note: called by DOS 3.3 PRINT.COM ———-2F——————————— INT 2F U - PC LAN PROGRAM REDIR/REDIRIFS internal - ???
AX = 02xxh ???
Return: ??? ———-2F0500—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ CRITICAL ERROR HANDLER - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 0500h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
01h not installed, can't install FFh installed
Note: this set of functions allows a user program to partially or completely
override the default critical error handler's message in COMMAND.COM
SeeAlso: AH=05h,INT 24 ———-2F05——————————- INT 2F U - DOS 3+ CRITICAL ERROR HANDLER - EXPAND ERROR INTO STRING
AH = 05h
—DOS 3.x—
AL = extended error code (not zero)
—DOS 4+ —
AL = error type 01h DOS extended error code 02h parameter error BX = error code
Return: CF clear if successful
ES:DI -> ASCIZ error message (read-only) AL = ??? CF set if error code can't be converted to string
Notes: called at start of COMMAND.COM's default critical error handler if
installed by a user program, allowing partial or complete overriding of the default error message subfunction 02h called by many DOS 4 external programs
SeeAlso: AX=122Eh,INT 24 ———-2F0600—————————– INT 2F - DOS v3.0+ ASSIGN - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 0600h
Return: AL = status
00h not installed 01h not installed, but not OK to install FFh installed
Note: ASSIGN is not a TSR in DR-DOS 5.0; it is internally replaced by SUBST
(see INT 21/AX=2152h)
SeeAlso: AX=0601h,INT 21/AX=2152h ———-2F0601—————————– INT 2F U - DOS v3.0+ ASSIGN - GET DRIVE ASSIGNMENT TABLE
AX = 0601h
Return: ES = segment of ASSIGN work area and assignment table Note: under DOS 3+, the 26 bytes starting at ES:0103h specify which drive
each of A: to Z: is mapped to. Initially set to 01h 02h 03h....
SeeAlso: AX=0600h ———-2F0800—————————– INT 2F U - DRIVER.SYS support - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 0800h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
01h not installed, not OK to install FFh installed
Note: supported by DR-DOS 5.0 ———-2F0801—————————– INT 2F U - DRIVER.SYS support - ADD NEW BLOCK DEVICE
AX = 0801h DS:DI -> drive data table (see AX=0803h)
Notes: moves down internal list of drive data tables, copying and modifying
the drive description flags word for tables referencing same physical drive data table appended to chain of tables supported by DR-DOS 5.0
SeeAlso: AX=0803h ———-2F0802—————————– INT 2F U - DRIVER.SYS support - EXECUTE DEVICE DRIVER REQUEST
AX = 0802h ES:BX -> device driver request header (see below)
Return: request header updated as per requested operation Notes: supported by DR-DOS 5.0
DOS 3.2 executes this function on any AL value from 02h through F7h
Format of device driver request header: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE length of request header 01h BYTE subunit within device driver 02h BYTE command code (see below) 03h WORD status (filled in by device driver)
bit 15: error bits 14-11: reserved bit 10: ??? set by DOS kernel on entry to some driver calls bit 9: busy bit 8: done bits 7-0: error code if bit 15 set (see below)
—DOS— 05h 8 BYTEs reserved (unused in DOS 2.x and 3.x) —STARLITE architecture— 05h DWORD pointer to next request header 09h 4 BYTEs reserved —command code 00h— 0Dh BYTE number of units (set by driver) 0Eh DWORD address of first free byte following driver (set by driver) 12h DWORD pointer to BPB array (set by block drivers only) 16h BYTE (DOS 3+) drive number for first unit of block driver (0=A) —command code 01h— 0Dh BYTE media descriptor 0Eh BYTE returned status
00h don't know 01h media has not changed FFh media has been changed
0Fh DWORD (DOS 3+) pointer to previous volume ID if OPEN/CLOSE/RM bit in
device header set and disk changed (set by driver)
—command code 02h— 0Dh BYTE media descriptor 0Eh DWORD transfer address
12h DWORD pointer to BPB (set by driver) —command codes 03h,0Ch— (see also INT 21/AX=4402h,INT 21/AX=4403h) 0Dh BYTE media descriptor (block devices only) 0Eh DWORD transfer address 12h WORD byte count (character devices) or sector count (block devices) 14h WORD starting sector number (block devices only) 16h DWORD (DOS 3+) pointer to volume label if error 0Fh (set by driver) —command codes 04h,08h,09h— 0Dh BYTE media descriptor (block devices only) 0Eh DWORD transfer address 12h WORD byte count (character devices) or sector count (block devices) 14h WORD starting sector number (block devices only) 16h DWORD (DOS 3+) pointer to volume ID if error 0Fh returned 1Ah DWORD (DOS 4+) 32-bit starting sector number (block devices with
device attribute word bit 1 set only) (see INT 21/AH=52h)
—command code 05h— 0Dh BYTE byte read from device if BUSY bit clear on return —command codes 06h,07h,0Ah,0Bh,0Dh,0Eh,0Fh,85h,88h— no further fields —command code 10h— 0Dh BYTE unused 0Eh DWORD transfer address 12h WORD byte count —command codes 13h,19h— 0Dh BYTE category code
00h unknown 01h COMn: 03h CON 05h LPTn: 08h disk 9Eh (STARLITE) Media Access Control driver
0Eh BYTE function code
00h (STARLITE) MAC Bind request
0Fh WORD copy of DS at time of IOCTL call (apparently unused in DOS 3.3) 11h WORD offset of device driver header 13h DWORD pointer to parameter block from INT 21/AX=440Ch or AX=440Dh —command codes 80h,82h— 0Dh BYTE addressing mode
00h HSG (default) 01h Phillips/Sony Red Book
0Eh DWORD transfer address (ignored for command 82h) 12h WORD number of sectors to read
(if 0 for command 82h, request is an advisory seek)
14h DWORD starting sector number
logical sector number in HSG mode frame/second/minute/unused in Red Book mode (HSG sector = minute * 4500 + second * 75 + frame - 150)
18h BYTE data read mode
00h cooked (2048 bytes per frame) 01h raw (2352 bytes per frame, including EDC/ECC)
19h BYTE interleave size (number of sectors stored consecutively) 1Ah BYTE interleave skip factor (# sectors between consec portions) —command code 83h— 0Dh BYTE addressing mode (see above) 0Eh DWORD transfer address (ignored) 12h WORD number of sectors to read (ignored) 14h DWORD starting sector number (see also above) —command code 84h— 0Dh BYTE addressing mode (see above) 0Eh DWORD starting sector number (see also above) 12h DWORD number of sectors to play —command codes 86h,87h— 0Dh BYTE addressing mode (see above) 0Eh DWORD transfer address (ignored in write mode 0) 12h WORD number of sectors to write 14h DWORD starting sector number (see also above) 18h BYTE write mode
00h mode 0 (write all zeros) 01h mode 1 (default) (2048 bytes per sector) 02h mode 2 form 1 (2048 bytes per sector) 03h mode 2 form 2 (2336 bytes per sector)
19h BYTE interleave size (number of sectors stored consecutively) 1Ah BYTE interleave skip factor (# sectors between consec portions)
Values for command code:
00h INIT 01h MEDIA CHECK (block devices) 02h BUILD BPB (block devices) 03h IOCTL INPUT 04h INPUT 05h NONDESTRUCTIVE INPUT, NO WAIT (character devices) 06h INPUT STATUS (character devices) 07h INPUT FLUSH (character devices) 08h OUTPUT 09h OUTPUT WITH VERIFY 0Ah OUTPUT STATUS (character devices) 0Bh OUTPUT FLUSH (character devices) 0Ch IOCTL OUTPUT 0Dh (DOS 3+) DEVICE OPEN 0Eh (DOS 3+) DEVICE CLOSE 0Fh (DOS 3+) REMOVABLE MEDIA (block devices) 10h (DOS 3+) OUTPUT UNTIL BUSY (character devices) 11h unused 12h unused 13h (DOS 3.2+) GENERIC IOCTL 14h unused 15h unused 16h unused 17h (DOS 3.2+) GET LOGICAL DEVICE 18h (DOS 3.2+) SET LOGICAL DEVICE 19h (DOS 5.0+) CHECK GENERIC IOCTL SUPPORT 80h (CD-ROM) READ LONG 81h (CD-ROM) reserved 82h (CD-ROM) READ LONG PREFETCH 83h (CD-ROM) SEEK 84h (CD-ROM) PLAY AUDIO 85h (CD-ROM) STOP AUDIO 86h (CD-ROM) WRITE LONG 87h (CD-ROM) WRITE LONG VERIFY 88h (CD-ROM) RESUME AUDIO
Values for error code:
00h write-protect violation 01h unknown unit 02h drive not ready 03h unknown command 04h CRC error 05h bad drive request structure length 06h seek error 07h unknown media 08h sector not found 09h printer out of paper 0Ah write fault 0Bh read fault 0Ch general failure 0Dh reserved 0Eh (CD-ROM) media unavailable 0Fh invalid disk change
———-2F0803—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4+ DRIVER.SYS support - GET DRIVE DATA TABLE LIST
AX = 0803h
Return: DS:DI → first drive data table in list Note: not available under DR-DOS 5.0 SeeAlso: AX=0801h
Format of DOS 3.30 drive data table: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD pointer to next table 04h BYTE physical unit number (for INT 13) 05h BYTE logical drive number 06h 19 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block (see also INT 21/AH=53h)
Offset Size Description 00h WORD bytes per sector 02h BYTE sectors per cluster, FFh if unknown 03h WORD number of reserved sectors 05h BYTE number of FATs 06h WORD number of root dir entries 08h WORD total sectors 0Ah BYTE media descriptor, 00h if unknown 0Bh WORD sectors per FAT 0Dh WORD sectors per track 0Fh WORD number of heads 11h WORD number of hidden sectors
19h BYTE flags
bit 6: 16-bit FAT instead of 12-bit FAT
1Ah WORD number of DEVICE OPEN calls without corresponding DEVICE CLOSE 1Ch 11 BYTEs volume label or “NO NAME ” if none (always “NO NAME” for
fixed media)
27h BYTE terminating null for volume label??? 28h BYTE device type (see INT 21/AX=440Dh) 29h WORD bit flags describing drive
bit 0: fixed media bit 1: door lock supported bit 2: ??? (used in determining BPB to set for INT 21/AX=440Dh) bit 3: all sectors in a track are the same size bit 4: physical drive has multiple logical units bit 5: current logical drive for physical drive bit 6: ??? bit 7: ??? bit 8: ??? (related to disk change detection)
2Bh WORD number of cylinders 2Dh 19 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block for highest capacity supported 40h 3 BYTEs ??? 43h 9 BYTEs filesystem type???, default = “NO NAME ”
(apparently only MSDOS 3.30 fixed media, nulls for removable media and PCDOS 3.30)
4Ch BYTE least-significant byte of last-accessed cylinder number —removable media— 4Dh DWORD time of last access in clock ticks (FFFFFFFFh if never) —fixed media— 4Dh WORD partition (FFFFh = primary, 0001h = extended) 4Fh WORD absolute cylinder number of partition's start on physical
drive (always FFFFh if primary partition)
Format of COMPAQ DOS 3.31 drive data table: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD pointer to next table 04h BYTE physical unit number (for INT 13) 05h BYTE logical drive number 06h 25 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block (see DOS 4.01 drive data table below) 1Fh 6 BYTEs ??? apparently always zeros 25h BYTE flags
bit 6: 16-bit FAT instead of 12-bit FAT 5: large volume???
26h WORD device-open count??? 28h 11 BYTEs volume label or “NO NAME ” if none (always “NO NAME” for
fixed media)
33h BYTE terminating null for volume label 34h BYTE device type (see INT 21/AX=440Dh) 35h WORD bit flags describing drive 37h WORD number of cylinders 39h 25 BYTEs BIOS parameter block for highest capacity drive supports 52h 6 BYTEs ??? apparently always zeros 58h BYTE least-significant byte of last-accessed cylinder number —removable media— 59h DWORD time of last access in clock ticks (FFFFFFFFh if never) —fixed media— 59h WORD partition (FFFFh = primary, 0001h = extended) 5Bh WORD absolute cylinder number of partition's start on physical
drive (always FFFFh if primary partition)
Format of DOS 4.0-5.0 drive data table: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD pointer to next table 04h BYTE physical unit number (for INT 13) 05h BYTE logical drive number 06h 25 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block (see also INT 21/AH=53h)
Offset Size Description 00h WORD bytes per sector 02h BYTE sectors per cluster, FFh if unknown 03h WORD number of reserved sectors 05h BYTE number of FATs 06h WORD number of root dir entries 08h WORD total sectors (see offset 15h if zero) 0Ah BYTE media descriptor, 00h if unknown 0Bh WORD sectors per FAT 0Dh WORD sectors per track 0Fh WORD number of heads 11h DWORD number of hidden sectors 15h DWORD total sectors if WORD at 08h is zero
1Fh BYTE flags
bit 6: 16-bit FAT instead of 12-bit
20h 2 BYTEs ??? 22h BYTE device type (see INT 21/AX=440Dh) 23h WORD bit flags describing drive
bit 0: fixed media bit 1: door lock supported bit 2: ??? bit 3: all sectors in a track are the same size bit 4: physical drive has multiple logical units bit 5: current logical drive for physical drive bit 6: ??? bit 7: ??? bit 8: ???
25h WORD number of cylinders 27h 25 BYTEs BIOS Parameter Block for highest capacity supported 40h 7 BYTEs ??? —removable media— 47h DWORD time of last access in clock ticks (FFFFFFFFh if never) —fixed media, DOS 4.x— 47h WORD partition (FFFFh = primary, 0001h = extended) 49h WORD absolute cylinder number of partition's start on phys drive
(FFFFh if primary partition)
—fixed media, DOS 5.0— 47h WORD ??? apparently always 0001h 49h WORD absolute cylinder number of partition's start on phys drive
4Bh 11 BYTEs volume label or “NO NAME ” if none (apparently taken from
extended boot record rather than root directory)
56h BYTE terminating null for volume label??? 57h DWORD serial number 5Bh 8 BYTEs filesystem type (“FAT12 ” or “FAT16 ”) 63h BYTE terminating null for filesystem type??? ———-2F0C00—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 0C00h
Return: AL = FF if installed
BX = 4144H ('AD') CX = 2D44H ('-D') DX = 4F53H ('OS')
Notes: AD-DOS is the DOS version of the After Dark screen blanker for
MS Windows AH=0Ch is the default multiplex number
SeeAlso: AX=0C01h ———-2F0C01ES0000———————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - GET RESIDENT CODE SEGMENT
AX = 0C01h ES = 0000h
Return: CF clear succesful
ES = AD-DOS TSR Code Segment CF set if failed
SeeAlso: AX=0C00h ———-2F0C02—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - CHECK FOR NEW INPUT
AX = 0C02h
Return: BX = status
0000h no input since last check 0001h new input available
Note: this call also resets the new-input flag ———-2F0C03—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - SET MINUTES TO WAIT
AX = 0C03h BX = minutes to wait before blanking screen CF set
Return: n/a??? Notes: AD-DOS is the DOS version of the After Dark screen blanker
AH=0Ch is the default multiplex number
SeeAlso: AX=0C04h ———-2F0C04—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - GET MINUTES TO WAIT
AX = 0C04h CF set
Return: BX = minutes to wait before blanking screen
???
SeeAlso: AX=0C03h ———-2F0C05—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - SET ENABLE??? FLAG
AX = 0C05h BX = new state (0000h or 0001h) (default 0001h) CF set
Return: n/a??? SeeAlso: AX=0C06h ———-2F0C06—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - GET ENABLE??? FLAG
AX = 0C06h Carry Set
Return: BX = current state of ??? flag (0000h or 0001h)
???
Notes: AD-DOS is the DOS version of the After Dark screen blanker
AH=0Ch is the default multiplex number
SeeAlso: AX=0C05h ———-2F0C07—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - SET HOT KEY
AX = 0C07h BX = hot key CL = hot key shift status CF set
Return: n/a??? SeeAlso: AX=0C08h ———-2F0C08—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - GET CURRENT HOT KEY
AX = 0C08h CF set
Return: AX = status
0000h successful BX = Hot Key CL = Hot Key Shift Status 0008h otherwise
SeeAlso: AX=0C07h ———-2F0C09—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - ???
AX = 0C09h Carry Set
Return: AX = status
0000h successful ??? 0009h otherwise
Notes: AD-DOS is the DOS version of the After Dark screen blanker
AH=0Ch is the default multiplex number
———-2F0C0A—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - ???
AX = 0C0Ah CF set
Return: AX = status
0000h successful BH = ?? BL = ?? 000Ah failed
———-2F0C0B—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - ???
AX = 0C0Bh CF set
Return: AX = status
0000h successful 000Bh failed
———-2F0C0C—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - SET ??? INTERNAL FLAG TO 01h
AX = 0C0Ch CF set
Return: AX = status
0000h successful 000Ch failed
Notes: AD-DOS is the DOS version of the After Dark screen blanker
AH=0Ch is the default multiplex number
———-2F0C20—————————– INT 2F - AD-DOS - GET AND RESET VxD API STATUS
AX = 0C20h CF set
Return: AX = status
0000h successful BX = VxD API Status 0000h no error 0001h error 0100h neither Windows 3.X enhanced mode nor Windows/386 2.x is running 0200h VM API entry point found 0020h otherwise
Note: this call resets the VxD API Status to zero SeeAlso: AX=1602h,AX=1607h ———-2F1000—————————– INT 2F - SHARE - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1000h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
01h not installed, not OK to install FFh installed
BUGS: values of AL other than 00h put DOS 3.x SHARE into an infinite loop
(08E9: OR AL,AL 08EB: JNZ 08EB) <- the buggy instruction (DOS 3.3) values of AL other than described here put PCDOS 4.00 into the same loop (the buggy instructions are the same)
Notes: supported by OS/2 v1.3+ compatibility box, which always returns AL=FFh
if DOS 4.01 SHARE was automatically loaded, file sharing is in an inactive state (due to the undocumented /NC flag used by the autoload code) until this call is made DOS 5.0 chains to the previous handler if AL <> 00h on entry
SeeAlso: AX=1080h,INT 21/AH=52h ———-2F1040—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4 only SHARE internal - ???
AX = 1040h ???
Return: AL = FFh??? SeeAlso: AX=1000h ———-2F1080—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4 only SHARE internal - TURN ON FILE SHARING CHECKS
AX = 1080h
Return: AL = status
F0h successful FFh checking was already on
Note: DOS 4.x SHARE has dual functions: FCB support for large (>32M) media
and file sharing checks. The undocumented commandline flag /NC can be used to disable the sharing code.
SeeAlso: AX=1000h,AX=1081h ———-2F1081—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4 only SHARE internal - TURN OFF FILE SHARING CHECKS
AX = 1081h
Return: AL = status
F0h successful FFh checking was already off
Note: (see AX=1080h) SeeAlso: AX=1000h,AX=1080h ———-2F10FF—————————– INT 2F U - Multiplex - DR-DOS 5.0 - ???
AX = 10FFh ES:BX -> ???
Note: sets pointer in kernel ———-2F1100—————————– INT 2F - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1100h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
01h not installed, not OK to install FFh installed
Notes: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel
In DOS 4.x only, the 11xx calls are all in IFSFUNC.EXE, not in the PC LAN Program redirector; DOS 5.0 moves the calls back into the redirector
———-2F1100—————————– INT 2F - MSCDEX (MS CD-ROM Extensions) - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1100h STACK: WORD DADAh
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
STACK unchanged = 01h not installed, not OK to install STACK unchanged = FFh installed STACK: WORD ADADh
———-2F1101—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - REMOVE REMOTE DIRECTORY
AX = 1101h SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified directory name SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with dir
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=1103h,AX=1105h,INT 21/AH=3Ah,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1102—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - REMOVE REMOTE DIRECTORY
AX = 1102h SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified directory name SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with dir
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful
Note: appears to be identical to AX=1101h SeeAlso: AX=1101h ———-2F1103—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - MAKE REMOTE DIRECTORY
AX = 1103h SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified directory name SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with dir
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=1101h,AX=1105h,INT 21/AH=39h,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1104—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - MAKE REMOTE DIRECTORY
AX = 1104h SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified directory name SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with dir
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful
Note: appears to be identical to AX=1103h SeeAlso: AX=1103h ———-2F1105—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - CHDIR
AX = 1105h SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified directory name SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with dir
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful CDS updated with new path
Notes: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel
directory string in CDS should not have a terminating backslash unless the current directory is the root
SeeAlso: AX=1101h,AX=1103h,INT 21/AH=3Bh,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1106—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - CLOSE REMOTE FILE
AX = 1106h ES:DI -> SFT SFT DPB field -> DPB of drive containing file
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful SFT updated (except handle count, which DOS manages itself)
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=1201h,AX=1227h,INT 21/AH=3Eh ———-2F1107—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - COMMIT REMOTE FILE
AX = 1107h ES:DI -> SFT SFT DPB field -> DPB of drive containing file
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful all buffers for file flushed directory entry updated
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=68h,INT 21/AX=5D01h ———-2F1108—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - READ FROM REMOTE FILE
AX = 1108h ES:DI -> SFT SFT DPB field -> DPB of drive containing file CX = number of bytes SS = DOS DS SDA DTA field -> user buffer
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful CX = number of bytes read (0000h = end of file) SFT updated
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=1109h,AX=1229h,INT 21/AH=3Fh,INT 21/AX=5D06h ———-2F1109—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - WRITE TO REMOTE FILE
AX = 1109h ES:DI -> SFT SFT DPB field -> DPB of drive containing file CX = number of bytes SS = DOS DS SDA DTA field -> user buffer
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful CX = number of bytes written SFT updated
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=1107h,AX=1108h,INT 21/AH=40h,INT 21/AX=5D06h ———-2F110A—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR (DOS 3.x only) - LOCK REGION OF FILE
AX = 110Ah BX = file handle CX:DX = starting offset SI = high word of size STACK: WORD low word of size ES:DI -> SFT SFT DPB field -> DPB of drive containing file SS = DOS DS
Return: CF set on error
AL = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) STACK unchanged
Notes: called by DOS 3.10-3.31 kernel
the redirector is expected to resolve lock conflicts
SeeAlso: AX=110Bh,INT 21/AH=5Ch ———-2F110A—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR (DOS 4+) - LOCK/UNLOCK REGION OF FILE
AX = 110Ah BL = function 00h lock 01h unlock DS:DX -> parameter block (see below) ES:DI -> SFT SFT DPB field -> DPB of drive containing file SS = DOS DS
Return: CF set on error
AL = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h)
Notes: called by DOS 4.0+ kernel
the redirector is expected to resolve lock conflicts
SeeAlso: AX=110Bh,INT 21/AH=5Ch
Format of parameter block: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD start offset 04h DWORD size of region ———-2F110B—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR (DOS 3.x only) - UNLOCK REGION OF FILE
AX = 110Bh BX = file handle CX:DX = starting offset SI = high word of size STACK: WORD low word of size ES:DI -> SFT for file SFT DPB field -> DPB of drive containing file
Return: CF set on error
AL = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) STACK unchanged
Note: called by DOS 3.1-3.31 kernel; DOS 4.0+ calls AX=110Ah instead SeeAlso: AX=110Ah,INT 21/AH=5Ch ———-2F110C—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - GET DISK SPACE
AX = 110Ch ES:DI -> current directory structure for desired drive
Return: AL = sectors per cluster
AH = media ID byte BX = total clusters CX = bytes per sector DX = number of available clusters
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=36h ———-2F110D—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 110Dh SDA first filename pointer -> name of file ???
Return: ??? Note: appears to be similar to AX=110Fh SeeAlso: AX=110Fh ———-2F110E—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - SET REMOTE FILE'S ATTRIBUTES
AX = 110Eh SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified name of file SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with file STACK: WORD new file attributes
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful STACK unchanged
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=110Fh,INT 21/AX=4301h,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F110F—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - GET REMOTE FILE'S ATTRIBUTES AND SIZE
AX = 110Fh SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified name of file SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with file
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful AX = file attributes BX:DI = file size
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=110Eh,INT 21/AX=4300h,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1110—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 1110h SDA first filename pointer -> name of file ???
Return: ??? Note: appears to be similar to AX=110Eh SeeAlso: AX=110Eh ———-2F1111—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - RENAME REMOTE FILE
AX = 1111h SS = DS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer = offset of fully-qualified old name SDA second filename pointer = offset of fully-qualified new name SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with file
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=56h,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1112—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 1112h SS = DS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> name of file ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=1111h ———-2F1113—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - DELETE REMOTE FILE
AX = 1113h SS = DS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified filename in DOS DS SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with file
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful
Notes: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel
the filespec may contain wildcards
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=41h,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1114—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 1114h SDA first filename pointer -> name of file ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=1113h ———-2F1115—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 1115h SS = DOS DS ES:DI -> SFT ??? ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=112Eh ———-2F1116—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - OPEN EXISTING REMOTE FILE
AX = 1116h ES:DI -> uninitialized SFT SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified name of file to open STACK: WORD file open mode (see INT 21/AH=3Dh)
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful SFT filled (except handle count, which DOS manages itself) STACK unchanged
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=1106h,AX=1117h,AX=1118h,AX=112Eh,INT 21/AH=3Dh,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1117—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - CREATE/TRUNCATE REMOTE FILE
AX = 1117h ES:DI -> uninitialized SFT SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified name of file to open SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with file STACK: WORD file creation mode low byte = file attributes high byte = 00h normal create, 01h create new file
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful SFT filled (except handle count, which DOS manages itself) STACK unchanged
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=1106h,AX=1116h,AX=1118h,AX=112Eh,INT 21/AH=3Ch,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1118—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - CREATE/TRUNCATE FILE WITHOUT CDS
AX = 1118h ES:DI -> uninitialized SFT SS = DOS DS SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified name of file STACK: WORD file creation mode low byte = file attributes high byte = 00h normal create, 01h create new file
Return: ???
STACK unchanged
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel when creating a file on a drive for which the
SDA CDS pointer has offset FFFFh
SeeAlso: AX=1106h,AX=1116h,AX=1117h,AX=112Eh,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1119—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - FIND FIRST FILE WITHOUT CDS
AX = 1119h SS = DS = DOS DS [DTA] = uninitialized 21-byte findfirst search data (see INT 21/AH=4Eh) SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified search template SDA search attribute = attribute mask for search
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful [DTA] = updated findfirst search data (bit 7 of first byte must be set) [DTA+15h] = standard directory entry for file
Notes: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel
DOS 4.x IFSFUNC returns CF set, AX=0003h
———-2F111A—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 111Ah ???
Return: CF set
AX = error code (03h for DOS 4.01 IFSFUNC)
———-2F111B—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - FINDFIRST
AX = 111Bh SS = DS = DOS DS [DTA] = uninitialized 21-byte findfirst search data (see INT 21/AH=4Eh) SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified search template SDA CDS pointer -> current directory structure for drive with file SDA search attribute = attribute mask for search
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful [DTA] = updated findfirst search data (bit 7 of first byte must be set) [DTA+15h] = standard directory entry for file
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=111Ch,INT 21/AH=4Eh,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F111C—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - FINDNEXT
AX = 111Ch SS = DS = DOS DS [DTA] = 21-byte findfirst search data (see INT 21/AH=4Eh)
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful [DTA] = updated findfirst search data (bit 7 of first byte must be set) [DTA+15h] = standard directory entry for file
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=111Bh,INT 21/AH=4Fh ———-2F111D—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - CLOSE ALL REMOTE FILES FOR PROCESS
AX = 111Dh DS??? SS = DOS DS
Return: ??? Notes: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel
closes all FCBs opened by process
———-2F111E—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - DO REDIRECTION
AX = 111Eh SS = DOS DS STACK: WORD function to execute 5F00h get redirection mode BL = type (03h printer, 04h disk) Return: BH = state (00h off, 01h on) 5F01h set redirection mode BL = type (03h printer, 04h disk) BH = state (00h off, 01h on) 5F02h get redirection list entry BX = redirection list index DS:SI -> 16-byte local device name buffer ES:DI -> 128-byte network name buffer Return: must set user's BX to device type and CX to stored parameter value, using AX=1218h to get stack frame address 5F03h redirect device BL = device type (see INT 21/AX=5F03h) CX = stored parameter value DS:SI -> ASCIZ source device name ES:DI -> destination ASCIZ network path + ASCIZ passwd 5F04h cancel redirection DS:SI -> ASCIZ device name or network path 5F05h get redirection list extended entry BX = redirection list index DS:SI -> buffer for ASCIZ source device name ES:DI -> buffer for destination ASCIZ network path Return: BH = status flag BL = type (03h printer, 04h disk) CX = stored parameter value BP = NETBIOS local session number 5F06h similar to 5F05h???
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) STACK unchanged
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=5F00h,INT 21/AX=5F01h,INT 21/AX=5F02h,INT 21/AX=5F03h SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=5F04h,INT 21/AX=5F05h,INT 21/AX=5F06h ———-2F111F—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - PRINTER SETUP
AX = 111Fh STACK: WORD function 5E02h set printer setup 5E03h get printer setup 5E04h set printer mode 5E05h get printer mode
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) STACK unchanged
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=5E02h,INT 21/AX=5E03h,INT 21/AX=5E04h,INT 21/AX=5E05h ———-2F1120—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - FLUSH ALL DISK BUFFERS
AX = 1120h DS = DOS DS ???
Return: CF clear (successful) Notes: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel
uses CDS array pointer and LASTDRIVE= entries in DOS list of lists
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=0Dh,INT 21/AX=5D01h ———-2F1121—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - SEEK FROM END OF REMOTE FILE
AX = 1121h CX:DX = offset (in bytes) from end ES:DI -> SFT SFT DPB field -> DPB of drive with file SS = DOS DS
Return: CF set on error
AL = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful DX:AX = new file position
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: AX=1228h,INT 21/AH=42h ———-2F1122—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - PROCESS TERMINATION HOOK
AX = 1122h SS = DOS DS ???
Return: ??? Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel ———-2F1123—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - QUALIFY REMOTE FILENAME
AX = 1123h DS:SI -> ASCIZ filename to canonicalize ES:DI -> 128-byte buffer for qualified name
Return: CF set if not resolved Notes: called by MSDOS 3.1+ kernel, but not called by DRDOS 5.0 unless the
filename matches the name of a character device called first when DOS attempts to resolve a filename (unless inside an AX=5D00h server call); if this fails, DOS resolves the name locally
SeeAlso: AX=1221h,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1124—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - PRINTER OFF???
AX = 1124h ES:DI -> SFT SS = DOS DS ???
Return: CX = ??? Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel if AX=1126h returns CF set SeeAlso: AX=1126h ———-2F1125—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - REDIRECTED PRINTER MODE
AX = 1125h STACK: WORD subfunction 5D07h get print stream state Return: DL = current state 5D08h set print stream state DL = new state 5D09h finish print job
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) STACK unchanged
Note: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=5D07h,INT 21/AX=5D08h,INT 21/AX=5D09h ———-2F1126—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR - PRINTER ON/OFF???
AX = 1126h ES:DI -> SFT for file handle 4??? SS = DOS DS??? ???
Return: CF set on error Notes: called by DOS 3.1+ kernel
called when print echoing (^P, ^PrtSc) changes state and STDPRN has bit 11 of the device information word in the SFT set
SeeAlso: AX=1124h ———-2F1127—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - UNUSED
AX = 1127h
Return: CF set
AX = 0001h (invalid function) (see INT 21/AH=59h)
———-2F1128—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - UNUSED
AX = 1128h
Return: CF set
AX = 0001h (invalid function) (see INT 21/AH=59h)
———-2F1129—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - UNUSED
AX = 1129h
Return: CF set
AX = 0001h (invalid function) (see INT 21/AH=59h)
———-2F112A—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 112Ah DS = DOS DS ???
Return: ??? Note: does something to each IFS driver ———-2F112B—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - GENERIC IOCTL???
AX = 112Bh SS = DOS DS CX = function/category DS:DX -> parameter block STACK: WORD value of AX on entry to INT 21 (440Ch or 440Dh) ???
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful
Note: called by DOS 4.0 kernel ———-2F112C—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 112Ch SS = DOS DS SDA current SFT pointer -> SFT for file ???
Return: CF set on error ———-2F112D—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 112Dh BL = subfunction (value of AL on INT 21) 04h truncate open file to zero length ES:DI -> SFT for file Return: CF clear else ??? Return: CX = ??? (00h or 02h for DOS 4.01) ES:DI -> SFT SS = DOS DS
Return: DS = DOS DS Note: called by DOS 4.0 kernel on INT 21/AX=5702h,INT 21/AX=5703h,
INT 21/AX=5704h
———-2F112E—————————– INT 2F U - NETWORK REDIRECTOR (DOS 4+) - EXTENDED OPEN/CREATE FILE
AX = 112Eh SS = DS = DOS DS ES:DI -> uninitialized SFT for file STACK: WORD file attribute for created/truncated file low byte = file attributes high byte = 00h normal create/open, 01h create new file SDA first filename pointer -> fully-qualified filename SDA extended file open action = action code (see INT 21/AX=6C00h) SDA extended file open mode = open mode for file (see INT 21/AX=6C00h)
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code CF clear if successful CX = result code 01h file opened 02h file created 03h file replaced (truncated) SFT initialized (except handle count, which DOS manages itself)
Note: called by DOS 4.0 kernel SeeAlso: AX=1115h,AX=1116h,AX=1117h,INT 21/AX=6C00h ———-2F112F—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - ???
AX = 112Fh SS = DOS DS STACK: WORD function in low byte 00h ??? DS:SI -> Current Directory Structure??? CL = drive (1=A:) 01h ??? DS:SI -> ??? CL = file handle??? 02h ??? DS:SI -> Current Directory Structure??? DI = ??? CX = drive (1=A:) ???
Return: CF set on error
AX = DOS error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful
Note: called by DOS 4.0 kernel SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=6Bh ———-2F1130—————————– INT 2F U - IFSFUNC.EXE (DOS 4.x only) - GET IFSFUNC SEGMENT
AX = 1130h
Return: ES = CS of resident IFSFUNC ———-2F1186—————————– INT 2F - LAN Manager Enhanced DOS API - DosReadAsynchNmPipe
AX = 1186h ???
Return: ??? Note: LAN Manager enhance mode adds features beyond the standard redirector
file/printer services
SeeAlso: AX=118Fh,INT 21/AX=5F39h ———-2F118A—————————– INT 2F - LAN Manager 2.0 DOS Enhanced ENCRYPT.EXE - STREAM ENCRYPTION SERVICE
AX = 118Ah ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=1186h,AH=41h,AH=42h,AH=4Bh ———-2F118F—————————– INT 2F - LAN Manager Enhanced DOS API - DosWriteAsynchNmPipe
AX = 118Fh ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=1186h,INT 21/AX=5F3Ah ———-2F1200—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1200h
Return: AL = FFh (for compatibility with other INT 2F functions) ———-2F1201—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - CLOSE CURRENT FILE
AX = 1201h SS = DOS DS SDA current SFT pointer -> SFT of file to close
Return: CF set on error
BX??? CX new reference count of SFT ES:DI -> SFT for file
SeeAlso: AX=1106h,AX=1227h,INT 21/AH=3Eh ———-2F1202—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET INTERRUPT ADDRESS
AX = 1202h STACK: WORD vector number
Return: ES:BX → interrupt vector
STACK unchanged
———-2F1203—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET DOS DATA SEGMENT
AX = 1203h
Return: DS = segment of IBMDOS.COM/MSDOS.SYS ———-2F1204—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - NORMALIZE PATH SEPARATOR
AX = 1204h STACK: WORD character to normalize
Return: AL = normalized character (forward slash turned to backslash, all
others unchanged) ZF set if path separator STACK unchanged
———-2F1205—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - OUTPUT CHARACTER TO STANDARD OUTPUT
AX = 1205h STACK: WORD character to output
Return: STACK unchanged Note: can be called only from within DOS ———-2F1206—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - INVOKE CRITICAL ERROR
AX = 1206h DI = error code BP:SI -> device driver header SS = DOS DS STACK: WORD value to be passed to INT 24 in AX
Return: AL = 0-3 for Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail
STACK unchanged
SeeAlso: INT 24 ———-2F1207—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - MAKE DISK BUFFER MOST-RECENTLY USED
AX = 1207h DS:DI -> disk buffer
Return: nothing Notes: can be called only from within DOS
buffer is moved to end of buffer list (least-recently used is first)
SeeAlso: AX=120Fh ———-2F1208—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - DECREMENT SFT REFERENCE COUNT
AX = 1208h ES:DI -> SFT
Return: AX = original value of reference count Note: if the reference count was 1, it is set to FFFFh (since 0 indicates
that the SFT is not in use). It is the caller's responsibility to set the reference count to zero after cleaning up.
———-2F1209—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - FLUSH AND FREE DISK BUFFER
AX = 1209h DS:DI -> disk buffer
Return: disk buffer marked unused, contents written to disk if buffer dirty Note: can be called only from within DOS SeeAlso: AX=120Eh,AX=1215h ———-2F120A—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - PERFORM CRITICAL ERROR INTERRUPT
AX = 120Ah DS = SS = DOS DS STACK: WORD extended error code
Return: AL = user response (0=ignore, 1=retry, 2=abort, 3=fail)
CF clear if retry, set otherwise STACK unchanged
Notes: can only be called during a DOS function call, as it uses various
fields in the SDA to set up the registers for the INT 24 reportedly sets current DPB's first root directory sector to 1
SeeAlso: INT 24 ———-2F120B—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - SIGNAL SHARING VIOLATION TO USER
AX = 120Bh ES:DI -> system file table entry for previous open of file STACK: WORD extended error code (should be 20h--sharing violation)
Return: CF clear if operation should be retried
CF set if operation should not be retried AX = error code (20h) (see INT 21/AH=59h) STACK unchanged
Notes: can only be called during a DOS function call
should only be called if an attempt was made to open an already-open file contrary to the sharing rules invokes INT 24 if SFT file opened via FCB or in compatibility mode with inheritance allowed
———-2F120C—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - OPEN DEVICE AND SET SFT OWNER???
AX = 120Ch SDA current SFT pointer -> SFT for file DS = SS = DOS DS
Return: ES, DI, AX destroyed Notes: invoked “device open” call on device driver for SFT
changes owner of last-accessed SFT to calling process if it was opened via FCB called by network redirectors
———-2F120D—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET DATE AND TIME
AX = 120Dh SS = DOS DS
Return: AX = current date in packed format (see INT 21/AX=5700h)
DX = current time in packed format (see INT 21/AX=5700h)
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=2Ah,INT 21/AH=2Ch ———-2F120E—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - MARK ALL DISK BUFFERS UNREFERENCED
AX = 120Eh SS = DOS DS
Return: DS:DI → first disk buffer Note: clears “referenced” flag on all disk buffers SeeAlso: AX=1209h,AX=1210h,INT 21/AH=0Dh ———-2F120F—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - MAKE BUFFER MOST RECENTLY USED
AX = 120Fh DS:DI -> disk buffer SS = DOS DS
Return: DS:DI → next buffer in buffer list Note: indicated buffer moved to end of chain SeeAlso: AX=1207h ———-2F1210—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - FIND UNREFERENCED DISK BUFFER
AX = 1210h DS:DI -> first disk buffer to check
Return: ZF clear if found
DS:DI -> first unreferenced disk buffer ZF set if not found
SeeAlso: AX=120Eh ———-2F1211—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - NORMALIZE ASCIZ FILENAME
AX = 1211h DS:SI -> ASCIZ filename to normalize ES:DI -> buffer for normalized filename
Return: destination buffer filled with uppercase filename, with slashes turned
to backslashes
SeeAlso: AX=121Eh,AX=1221h ———-2F1212—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET LENGTH OF ASCIZ STRING
AX = 1212h ES:DI -> ASCIZ string
Return: CX = length of string SeeAlso: AX=1225h ———-2F1213—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - UPPERCASE CHARACTER
AX = 1213h STACK: WORD character to convert to uppercase
Return: AL = uppercase character
STACK unchanged
———-2F1214—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - COMPARE FAR POINTERS
AX = 1214h DS:SI = first pointer ES:DI = second pointer
Return: ZF set if pointers are equal, ZF clear if not equal ———-2F1215—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - FLUSH BUFFER
AX = 1215h DS:DI -> disk buffer SS = DOS DS STACK: WORD drives for which to skip buffer ignore buffer if drive same as high byte, or bytes differ and the buffer is for a drive OTHER than that given in low byte
Return: STACK unchanged Note: can be called only from within DOS SeeAlso: AX=1209h ———-2F1216—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET ADDRESS OF SYSTEM FILE TABLE
AX = 1216h BX = system file table entry number
Return: CF clear if successful
ES:DI -> system file table entry CF set if BX greater than FILES=
SeeAlso: AX=1220h ———-2F1217—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET CURRENT DIRECTORY STRUCTURE FOR DRIVE
AX = 1217h SS = DOS DS STACK: WORD drive (0 = A:, 1 = B:, etc)
Return: CF set on error
(drive > LASTDRIVE) CF clear if successful DS:SI -> current directory structure for specified drive STACK unchanged
SeeAlso: AX=1219h ———-2F1218—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET CALLER'S REGISTERS
AX = 1218h
Return: DS:SI → saved caller's AX,BX,CX,DX,SI,DI,BP,DS,ES (on stack) Note: only valid while within DOS ———-2F1219—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - SET DRIVE???
AX = 1219h SS = DOS DS STACK: WORD drive (0 = default, 1 = A:, etc)
Return: ???
STACK unchanged
Notes: calls AX=1217h
builds a current directory structure if inside server call (INT 21/AX=5D00h)
SeeAlso: AX=1217h,AX=121Fh ———-2F121A—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET FILE'S DRIVE
AX = 121Ah DS:SI -> filename
Return: AL = drive (0 = default, 1 = A:, etc, FFh = invalid)
DS:SI -> filename without leading X: (if present)
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=19h,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F121B—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - SET YEAR/LENGTH OF FEBRUARY
AX = 121Bh CL = year - 1980
Return: AL = number of days in February Note: requires DS to be set to the DOS code segment SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=2Bh ———-2F121C—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - CHECKSUM MEMORY
AX = 121Ch DS:SI -> start of memory to checksum CX = number of bytes DX = initial checksum SS = DOS DS
Return: AX, CX destroyed
DX = checksum DS:SI -> first byte after checksummed range
Note: used by DOS to determine day count since 1/1/80 given a date SeeAlso: AX=121Dh ———-2F121D—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - SUM MEMORY
AX = 121Dh DS:SI -> memory to add up CX = 0000h DX = limit
Return: AL = byte which exceeded limit
CX = number of bytes before limit exceeded DX = remainder after adding first CX bytes DS:SI -> byte beyond the one which exceeded the limit
Note: used by DOS to determine year or month given day count since 1/1/80 SeeAlso: AX=121Ch ———-2F121E—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - COMPARE FILENAMES
AX = 121Eh DS:SI -> first ASCIZ filename ES:DI -> second ASCIZ filename
Return: ZF set if filenames equivalent, ZF clear if not SeeAlso: AX=1211h,AX=1221h ———-2F121F—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - BUILD CURRENT DIRECTORY STRUCTURE
AX = 121Fh SS = DOS DS STACK: WORD drive letter
Return: ES:DI → current directory structure (will be overwritten by next call)
STACK unchanged
———-2F1220—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET JOB FILE TABLE ENTRY
AX = 1220h BX = file handle
Return: CF set on error
AL = 6 (invalid file handle) CF clear if successful ES:DI -> JFT entry for file handle in current process
Note: the byte pointed at by ES:DI contains the number of the SFT for the
file handle, or FFh if the handle is not open
SeeAlso: AX=1216h,AX=1229h ———-2F1221—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - CANONICALIZE FILE NAME
AX = 1221h DS:SI -> file name to be fully qualified ES:DI -> 128-byte buffer for resulting canonical file name SS = DOS DS
Return: (see INT 21/AH=60h) Note: identical to INT 21/AH=60h SeeAlso: AX=1123h,INT 21/AH=60h ———-2F1222—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - SET EXTENDED ERROR INFO
AX = 1222h SS = DOS data segment SS:SI -> 4-byte records BYTE error code, FFh = last record BYTE error class, FFh = don't change BYTE suggested action, FFh = don't change BYTE error locus, FFh = don't change SDA error code set
Return: SI destroyed
SDA error class, error locus, and suggested action fields set
Note: can be called only from within DOS SeeAlso: AX=122Dh,INT 21/AH=59h ———-2F1223—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - CHECK IF CHARACTER DEVICE
AX = 1223h SDA+218h (DOS 3.10-3.30) = eight-character blank-padded name SDA+22Bh (DOS 4.0x) = eight-character blank-padded name
Return: CF set if no character device by that name found
CF clear if found BH = low byte of device attribute word
Note: can only be called from within DOS (assumes DS=SS=DOS DS) SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=5D06h,INT 21/AX=5D0Bh ———-2F1224—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - DELAY
AX = 1224h SS = DOS DS
Return: after delay set by INT 21/AX=440Bh, unless in server call
(INT 21/AX=5D00h)
Note: delay is dependent on the processor speed, and is skipped entirely if
inside a server call
SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=440Bh,INT 21/AH=52h ———-2F1225—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3+ internal - GET LENGTH OF ASCIZ STRING
AX = 1225h DS:SI -> ASCIZ string
Return: CX = length of string SeeAlso: AX=1212h ———-2F1226—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - OPEN FILE
AX = 1226h CL = access mode DS:DX -> ASCIZ filename
Return: CF set on error
AL = error code (see INT 21/AH=59h) CF clear if successful AX = file handle
Notes: can only be called from within DOS (assumes SS=DOS DS)
equivalent to INT 21/AH=3Dh
SeeAlso: AX=1227h,INT 21/AH=3Dh ———-2F1227—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - CLOSE FILE
AX = 1227h BX = file handle
Return: CF set on error
AL = 06h invalid file handle CF clear if successful
Notes: can only be called from within DOS (assumes SS=DOS DS)
equivalent to INT 21/AH=3Eh
SeeAlso: AX=1106h,AX=1201h,AX=1226h,INT 21/AH=3Eh ———-2F1228BP4200———————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - MOVE FILE POINTER
AX = 1228h BP = 4200h, 4201h, 4202h (see INT 21/AH=42h) BX = file handle CX:DX = offset in bytes SS = DOS DS
Return: as for INT 21/AH=42h Notes: equivalent to INT 21/AH=42h, but may only be called from inside a DOS
function call sets user stack frame pointer to dummy buffer, moves BP to AX, performs LSEEK, and restores frame pointer
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=42h ———-2F1229—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - READ FROM FILE
AX = 1229h BX = file handle CX = number of bytes to read DS:DX -> buffer SS = DOS DS
Return: as for INT 21/AH=3Fh Note: equivalent to INT 21/AH=3Fh, but may only be called when already inside
a DOS function call
SeeAlso: AX=1226h,INT 21/AH=3Fh ———-2F122A—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - SET FASTOPEN ENTRY POINT
AX = 122Ah BX = entry point to set (0001h or 0002h) DS:SI -> FASTOPEN entry point (entry point not set if SI = FFFFh for DOS 4+)
Return: CF set if specified entry point already set Notes: entry point in BX is ignored under DOS 3.30
both entry points set to same handler by DOS 4.01
DOS 3.30+ FASTOPEN is called with:
AL = 01h ??? CX = ??? seems to be offset DI = ??? seems to be offset SI = offset in DOS DS of filename AL = 02h ??? AL = 03h open file??? SI = offset in DOS DS of filename AL = 04h ??? AH = subfunction (00h,01h,02h) ES:DI -> ??? CX = ??? (subfunctions 01h and 02h only)
Returns: CF set on error or not installed Note: function 03h calls function 01h first
PCDOS 4.01 FASTOPEN is additionally called with:
AL = 04h ??? AH = 03h ??? AL = 05h ??? AL = 0Bh ??? AL = 0Ch ??? AL = 0Dh ??? AL = 0Eh ??? AL = 0Fh ??? AL = 10h ???
MSDOS 5.0 FASTOPEN is additionally called with:
AL = 04h ??? AH = 03h ??? AL = 05h ??? DL = drive (00h = A:) ??? AL = 06h ???
———-2F122B—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - IOCTL
AX = 122Bh BP = 44xxh SS = DOS DS additional registers as appropriate for INT 21/AX=44xxh
Return: as for INT 21/AH=44h Notes: equivalent to INT 21/AH=44h, but may only be called when already inside
a DOS function call sets user stack frame pointer to dummy buffer, moves BP to AX, performs IOCTL, and restores frame pointer
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=44h ———-2F122C—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - GET DEVICE CHAIN
AX = 122Ch
Return: BX:AX → header of second device driver (NUL is first) in driver chain SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=52h ———-2F122D—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - GET EXTENDED ERROR CODE
AX = 122Dh
Return: AX = current extended error code SeeAlso: AX=1222h,INT 21/AH=59h ———-2F122E—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4+ internal - GET OR SET ERROR TABLE ADDRESSES
AX = 122Eh DL = subfunction 00h get standard DOS error table (errors 00h-12h,50h-5Bh) Return: ES:DI -> error table 01h set standard DOS error table ES:DI -> error table 02h get parameter error table (errors 00h-0Ah) Return: ES:DI -> error table 03h set parameter error table ES:DI -> error table 04h get critical/SHARE error table (errors 13h-2Bh) Return: ES:DI -> error table 05h set critical/SHARE error table ES:DI -> error table 06h get ??? error table Return: ES:DI -> error table or 0000h:0000h 07h set ??? error table ES:DI -> error table 08h get error message retriever (see below) Return: ES:DI -> FAR procedure to fetch error message 09h set ??? error table ES:DI -> error table
Notes: if the returned segment on a “get” is 0001h, then the offset specifies
the offset of the error message table within COMMAND.COM, and the procedure returned by DL=08h should be called DOS 5.0 COMMAND.COM does not allow setting any of the addresses; they are always returned with segment 0001h
SeeAlso: AX=0500h,INT 21/AH=59h
Format of DOS 4.x error table: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE FFh 01h 2 BYTEs 04h,00h (DOS version???) 03h BYTE number of error headers following 04h 2N WORDs table of all error headers for table
Offset Size Description 00h WORD error message number 02h WORD offset of error message from start of header error messages are count byte followed by msg
Note: DOS 5 error tables consist of one word per error number; each word
contains either the offset of a counted string or 0000h
Call error retrieval function with:
AX = error number DI = offset of error table
Return: ES:DI → error message (counted string) Notes: this function needs to access COMMAND.COM if the messages were not
loaded into memory permanently with /MSG; the caller should assume that the returned message will be overwritten by the next call of the function supported by DR-DOS 5.0
———-2F122F—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4+ internal - SET DOS VERSION NUMBER TO RETURN
AX = 122Fh DX = DOS version number (0000h = return true DOS version)
Note: not available under DR-DOS 5.0 SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=30h ———-2F13——————————- INT 2F U - DOS 3.2+ - SET DISK INTERRUPT HANDLER
AH = 13h DS:DX -> interrupt handler disk driver calls on read/write ES:BX = address to restore INT 13 to on system halt (exit from root shell) or warm boot (INT 19)
Return: DS:DX from previous invocation of this function
ES:BX from previous invocation of this function
Notes: IO.SYS hooks INT 13 and inserts one or more filters ahead of the
original INT 13 handler. The first is for disk change detection on floppy drives, the second is for tracking formatting calls and correcting DMA boundary errors, the third is for working around problems in a particular version of IBM's ROM BIOS before the first call, ES:BX points at the original BIOS INT 13; DS:DX also points there unless IO.SYS has installed a special filter for hard disk reads (on systems with model byte FCh and BIOS date "01/10/84" only), in which case it points at the special filter most DOS 3.3+ disk access is via the vector in DS:DX, although a few functions are still invoked via an INT 13 instruction this is a dangerous security loophole for any virus-monitoring software which does not trap this call (many Bulgarian viruses are known to use it to get the original ROM entry point)
SeeAlso: INT 13/AH=01h,INT 19 ———-2F1400—————————– INT 2F - NLSFUNC.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1400h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
01h not installed, not OK FFh installed
Notes: called by DOS v3.3+ kernel
supported by OS/2 v1.3+ compatibility box, which always returns AL=FFh supported by DR-DOS 5.0 documented for MS-DOS 5.0, but undocumented in prior versions
———-2F1401—————————– INT 2F U - NLSFUNC.COM - CHANGE CODE PAGE
AX = 1401h DS:SI -> internal code page structure (see below) BX = new code page DX = country code???
Return: AL = status
00h successful else DOS error code
Note: called by DOS v3.3+ kernel SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=66h
Format of DOS 3.30 internal code page structure: Offset Size Description 00h 8 BYTEs ??? 08h 64 BYTEs name of country information file 48h WORD system code page 4Ah WORD number of supported subfunctions 4Ch 5 BYTEs data to return for INT 21/AX=6502h 51h 5 BYTEs data to return for INT 21/AX=6504h 56h 5 BYTEs data to return for INT 21/AX=6505h 5Bh 5 BYTEs data to return for INT 21/AX=6506h 60h 41 BYTEs data to return for INT 21/AX=6501h ———-2F1402—————————– INT 2F U - NLSFUNC.COM - GET COUNTRY INFO
AX = 1402h BP = subfunction (same as AL for INT 21/AH=65h) BX = code page DX = country code DS:SI -> internal code page structure (see AX=1401h) ES:DI -> user buffer CX = size of user buffer
Return: AL = status
00h successful else DOS error code
Notes: called by DOS v3.3+ kernel on INT 21/AH=65h
code page structure apparently only needed for COUNTRY.SYS pathname
SeeAlso: AX=1403h,AX=1404h,INT 21/AH=65h ———-2F1403—————————– INT 2F U - NLSFUNC.COM - SET COUNTRY INFO
AX = 1403h DS:SI -> internal code page structure (see AX=1401h) BX = code page DX = country code
Return: AL = status
???
Note: called by DOS v3.3+ kernel on INT 21/AH=38h SeeAlso: AX=1402h,AX=1404h,INT 21/AH=38h“SET” ———-2F1404—————————– INT 2F U - NLSFUNC.COM - GET COUNTRY INFO
AX = 1404h BX = code page DX = country code DS:SI -> internal code page structure (see AX=1401h) ES:DI -> user buffer
Return: AL = status
???
Notes: called by DOS v3.3+ kernel on INT 21/AH=38h
code page structure apparently only needed for COUNTRY.SYS pathname
SeeAlso: AX=1402h,AX=1403h,INT 21/AH=38h“GET” ———-2F14FE—————————– INT 2F U - DR-DOS 5.0 NLSFUNC - ???
AX = 14FEh DI = ??? ???
Return: ??? Note: DR-DOS 5.0 NLSFUNC returns CF set and AX=0001h if AL was not 00h, FEh,
or FFh on entry.
SeeAlso: AX=14FFh ———-2F14FF—————————– INT 2F U - DR-DOS 5.0 NLSFUNC - ???
AX = 14FFh ???
Return: ??? Note: DR-DOS 5.0 NLSFUNC returns CF set and AX=0001h if AL was not 00h, FEh,
or FFh on entry.
SeeAlso: AX=14FEh ———-2F1500—————————– INT 2F - DOS 4.00 GRAPHICS.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1500h
Return: AX = FFFFh
ES:DI -> ??? (graphics data?)
Note: this installation check conflicts with the CD-ROM Extensions
installation check; moved to AX=AC00h in later versions
SeeAlso: AX=AC00h ———-2F1500BX0000———————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1500h BX = 0000h
Return: BX = number of CD-ROM drive letters used
CX = starting drive letter (0=A:)
Notes: this installation check DOES NOT follow the format used by other
software this installation check conflicts with the DOS 4.00 GRAPHICS.COM installation check
SeeAlso: INT 2F/AX=D000h“Lotus” ———-2F1501—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - GET DRIVE DEVICE LIST
AX = 1501h ES:BX -> buffer to hold drive letter list (5 bytes per drive letter)
Return: buffer filled, for each drive letter
BYTE subunit number in driver DWORD address of device driver header
———-2F1502—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - GET COPYRIGHT FILE NAME
AX = 1502h ES:BX -> 38-byte buffer for name of copyright file CX = drive number (0=A:)
Return: CF set if drive is not a CD-ROM drive
AX = 15 (invalid drive) CF clear if successful
SeeAlso: AX=1503h ———-2F1503—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - GET ABSTRACT FILE NAME
AX = 1503h ES:BX -> 38-byte buffer for name of abstract file CX = drive number (0=A:)
Return: CF set if drive is not a CD-ROM drive
AX = 15 (invalid drive) CF clear if successful
SeeAlso: AX=1502h ———-2F1504—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - GET BIBLIOGRAPHIC DOC FILE NAME
AX = 1504h ES:BX -> 38-byte buffer for name of bibliographic documentation file CX = drive number (0=A:)
Return: CF set if drive is not a CD-ROM drive
AX = 15 (invalid drive) CF clear if successful
———-2F1505—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - READ VTOC
AX = 1505h ES:BX -> 2048-byte buffer CX = drive number (0=A:) DX = sector index (0=first volume descriptor,1=second,...)
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code (15=invalid drive,21=not ready) CF clear if successful AX = volume descriptor type (1=standard,FFh=terminator,0=other)
———-2F1506—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - TURN DEBUGGING ON
AX = 1506h BX = debugging function to enable
Note: reserved for development SeeAlso: AX=1507h ———-2F1507—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - TURN DEBUGGING OFF
AX = 1507h BX = debugging function to disable
Note: reserved for development SeeAlso: AX=1506h ———-2F1508—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - ABSOLUTE DISK READ
AX = 1508h ES:BX -> buffer CX = drive number (0=A:) SI:DI = starting sector number DX = number of sectors to read
Return: CF set on error
AL = error code (15=invalid drive,21=not ready) CF clear if successful
SeeAlso: AX=1509h
AX = 1509h ES:BX -> buffer CX = drive number (0=A:) SI:DI = starting sector number DX = number of sectors to write
Note: corresponds to INT 26h and is currently reserved and nonfunctional SeeAlso: AX=1508h ———-2F150A—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM - RESERVED
AX = 150Ah
———-2F150B—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM v2.00+ - DRIVE CHECK
AX = 150Bh CX = drive number (0=A:)
Return: BX = ADADh if MSCDEX.EXE installed
AX = 0000h if drive not supported nonzero if supported
SeeAlso: AX=150Dh ———-2F150C—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM v2.00+ - GET MSCDEX.EXE VERSION
AX = 150Ch
Return: BH = major version
BL = minor version
Note: MSCDEX.EXE versions prior to 2.00 return BX=0 ———-2F150D—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM v2.00+ - GET CD-ROM DRIVE LETTERS
AX = 150Dh ES:BX -> buffer for drive letter list (1 byte per drive)
Return: buffer filled with drive numbers (0=A:). Each byte corresponds
to the drive in the same position for function 1501h
SeeAlso: AX=150Bh ———-2F150E—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM v2.00+ - GET/SET VOLUME DESCRIPTOR PREFERENCE
AX = 150Eh BX = subfunction 00h get preference DX = 0000h Return: DX = preference settings 01h set preference DH = volume descriptor preference 01h = primary volume descriptor 02h = supplementary volume descriptor DL = supplementary volume descriptor preference 01h = shift-Kanji CX = drive number (0=A:)
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code (15=invalid drive,1=invalid function) CF clear if successful
———-2F150F—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM v2.00+ - GET DIRECTORY ENTRY
AX = 150Fh CL = drive number (0=A:) CH bit 0 = copy flag clear if direct copy set if copy to structure which removed ISO/High Sierra diffs ES:BX -> ASCIZ path name SI:DI -> buffer for directory entry (see below) minimum 255 bytes for direct copy
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code CF clear if succesful AX = disk format (0=High Sierra,1=ISO 9660)
Format of directory entry (direct copy): Offset Size Description 00h BYTE length of directory entry 01h BYTE length of XAR in Logical Block Numbers 02h DWORD LBN of data, Intel (little-endian) format 06h DWORD LBN of data, Motorola (big-endian) format 0Ah DWORD length of file, Intel format 0Eh DWORD length of file, Motorola format —High Sierra— 12h 6 BYTEs date and time 18h BYTE bit flags 19h BYTE reserved —ISO 9660— 12h 7 BYTEs date and time 19h BYTE bit flags —both formats— 1Ah BYTE interleave size 1Bh BYTE interleave skip factor 1Ch WORD volume set sequence number, Intel format 1Eh WORD volume set sequence number, Motorola format 20h BYTE length of file name 21h N BYTEs file name
BYTE (optional) padding if filename is odd length N BYTEs system data
Format of directory entry (canonicalized): Offset Size Description 00h BYTE length of XAR in Logical Block Numbers 01h DWORD Logical Block Number of file start 05h WORD size of disk in logical blocks 07h DWORD file length in bytes 0Bh 7 BYTEs date and time 12h BYTE bit flags 13h BYTE interleave size 14h BYTE interleave skip factor 15h WORD volume set sequence number 17h BYTE length of file name 18h 38 BYTEs ASCIZ filename 3Eh WORD file version number 40h BYTE number of bytes of system use data 41h 220 BYTEs system use data ———-2F1510—————————– INT 2F - CD-ROM v2.10+ - SEND DEVICE DRIVER REQUEST
AX = 1510h CX = CD-ROM drive letter (0 = A, 1 = B, etc) ES:BX -> CD-ROM device driver request header (see AX=0802h)
———-2F1600—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS - WINDOWS ENHANCED MODE INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1600h
Return: AL = 00h if Windows 3.x enhanced mode or Windows/386 2.x not running
AL = 80h if Windows 3.x enhanced mode or Windows/386 2.x not running AL = 01h if Windows/386 2.x running AL = FFh if Windows/386 2.x running AL = anything else AL = Windows major version number >= 3 AH = Windows minor version number
Note: INT 2F/AH=16h comprises an API for non-Windows programs (DOS device
drivers, TSRs, and applications) to cooperate with multitasking Windows/386 2.x and Windows 3.x and higher enhanced mode. certain calls are also supported in the Microsoft 80286 DOS extender in Windows standard mode
SeeAlso: AX=4680h ———-2F1602—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS/386 2.x - GET API ENTRY POINT
AX = 1602h
Return: ES:DI → Windows/386 2.x API procedure entry point Notes: this interface is supported in Windows 3.x only for 2.x compatibility
to get the current virtual machine (VM) ID in Windows/386 2.x: AX = 0000h ES:DI -> return address JUMP to address returned from INT 2F/AX=1602h After JUMP, at return address: BX = current VM ID.
SeeAlso: AX=0C20h ———-2F1603—————————– INT 2F - RM Nimbus MSDOS 3.3 - ???
AX = 1603h
Return: AX = 5248h ('RH')
DS:SI -> first byte after INT 2F handler in IBMBIO.COM
———-2F1605—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS - WINDOWS ENH MODE & 286 DOSX INIT BROADCAST
AX = 1605h ES:BX = 0000h:0000h DS:SI = 0000h:0000h CX = 0000h DX = flags bit 0 = 0 if Windows enhanced-mode initialization bit 0 = 1 if Microsoft 286 DOS extender initialization bits 1-15 reserved (undefined) DI = version number (major in upper byte, minor in lower)
Return: CX = 0000h if okay for Windows to load
CX <> 0 if Windows should not load ES:BX -> startup info structure (see below) DS:SI -> virtual86 mode enable/disable callback or 0000h:0000h
Notes: the Windows enhanced mode loader and Microsoft 286 DOS extender will
broadcast an INT 2F/AX=1605h call when initializing. Any DOS device driver or TSR can watch for this broadcast and return the appropriate values. If the driver or TSR returns CX <> 0, it is also its responsibility to display an error message. each handler must first chain to the prior INT 2F handler with registers unchanged before processing the call if the handler requires local data on a per-VM basis, it must store the returned ES:BX in the "next" field of a startup info structure and return a pointer to that structure in ES:BX a single TSR may set the V86 mode enable/disable callback; if DS:SI is already nonzero, the TSR must fail the initialization by setting CX nonzero
SeeAlso: AX=1606h,AX=1608h,AX=4B05h
Format of Startup Information Structure: Offset Size Description 00h 2 BYTEs major, minor version of info structure 02h DWORD pointer to next startup info structure or 0000h:0000h 06h DWORD pointer to ASCIZ name of virtual device file or 0000h:0000h 0Ah DWORD virtual device reference data (only used if above nonzero) 0Eh DWORD pointer to instance data records or 0000h:0000h
Format of one Instance Item in array: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD address of instance data (end of array if 0000h:0000h) 04h WORD size of instance data
Virtual mode enable/disable procedure called with:
AX = 0000h disable V86 mode AX = 0001h enable V86 mode interrupts disabled
Return: CF set on error
CF clear if successful interrupts disabled
———-2F1606—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS - WINDOWS ENH MODE & 286 DOSX EXIT BROADCAST
AX = 1606h DX = flags bit 0 = 0 if Windows enhanced-mode exit bit 0 = 1 if Microsoft 286 DOS extender exit bits 1-15 reserved (undefined)
Notes: if the init broadcast fails (AX=1605h returned CX <> 0), then this
broadcast will be issued immediately. this call will be issued in real mode
SeeAlso: AX=1605h,AX=1609h ———-2F1607—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS - VIRTUAL DEVICE CALL OUT API
AX = 1607h BX = virtual device ID (see INT 2F/AX=1684h)
Notes: more of a convention than an API, this call specifies a standard
mechanism for Windows enhanced-mode virtual devices (VxD's) to talk to DOS device drivers and TSRs VNETBIOS calls this function and then checks ES:DI to determine whether the NetBIOS has any extensions Windows should know about VMD (Virtual Mouse Driver) calls this and then checks whether CX is nonzero; if yes, it will not automatically virtualize the mouse driver. This would be used if MOUSE.COM already virtualizes itself using the Windows API.
SeeAlso: AX=0C20h,AX=1605h,AX=1684h ———-2F1607BX0015———————– INT 2F - DOS 5.0 kernel - “DOSMGR” VIRTUAL DEVICE SUPPORT
AX = 1607h BX = 0015h (VxD identifier of "DOSMGR") CX = function 0000h ??? Return: CX = 0001h ES:BX -> ??? data 0001h ??? DX = ??? Return: AX = B97Ch BX = value of DX on call DX = A2ABh 0002h NOP 0003h ??? DX = ??? (bit 0 significant) Return: if DX bit 0 set: AX = B97Ch CX = ??? (0058h) DX = A2ABh if DX bit 0 clear: all registers preserved 0004h ??? Return: DX = 0000h 0005h get device driver size ES = segment of device driver Return: DX:AX = 0000h:0000h on error (not dev. driver segment) DX:AX = A2ABh:B97Ch if successful BX:CX = size of device driver in bytes
———-2F1608—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS - WINDOWS ENHANCED MODE INIT COMPLETE BROADCAST
AX = 1608h
Notes: called after all installable devices have been initialized
real-mode software may be called between the Windows enhanced-mode init call (AX=1605h) and this call; the software must detect this situation
SeeAlso: AX=1605h,AX=1609h ———-2F1609—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS - WINDOWS ENHANCED MODE BEGIN EXIT BROADCAST
AX = 1609h
Note: called at the beginning of a normal exit sequence; not made in the
event of a fatal system crash
SeeAlso: AX=1606h,AX=1608h ———-2F160A—————————– INT 2F - MS Windows 3.1 - IDENTIFY WINDOWS VERSION AND TYPE
AX = 160Ah ???
Return: ??? ———-2F160B—————————– INT 2F - MS Windows 3.1 - IDENTIFY TSRs
AX = 160Bh ???
Return: ???
Format of TSR-to-Windows communication structure: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD pointer to next structure 04h WORD PSP segment 06h WORD API version ID (0100h) 08h WORD EXEC flags bit 0: “WINEXEC”
bit 1: "LOADLIBRARY" bit 2: "OPENDRIVER"
0Ah WORD “exec_cmd_show” 0Ch DWORD “exec_cmd” 10h 4 BYTEs reserved (0) 14h DWORD TSR ID block 18h DWORD TSR data block ———-2F160C—————————– INT 2F - MS Windows 3.1 - DETECT ROMs
AX = 160Ch ???
Return: ??? Note: used by ROM Windows ———-2F1680—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS, DPMI, various - RELEASE CURRENT VIRTUAL MACHINE TIME-SLICE
AX = 1680h
Return: AL = 00h if the call is supported
AL = 80h (unchanged) if the call is not supported
Notes: programs can use this function in idle loops to enhance performance
under multitaskers; this call is supported by MS Windows 3.0, DOS 5+, DPMI 1.0+, and will be supported in OS/2 2.0 for multitasking DOS applications does not block the program; it just gives up the remainder of the time slice should not be used by Windows-specific programs
SeeAlso: INT 15/AX=1000h ———-2F1681—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS 3+ - BEGIN CRITICAL SECTION
AX = 1681h
Notes: used to prevent a task switch from occurring
should be followed by an INT 2F/AX=1682h call as soon as possible nested calls are allowed, and must be followed by an appropriate number of "end critical section" calls not supported in Windows/386 2.x. Get INDOS flag with INT 21/AH=34h and and increment by hand.
SeeAlso: AX=1682h,INT 15/AX=101Bh,INT 21/AH=34h ———-2F1682—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS 3+ - END CRITICAL SECTION
AX = 1682h
Notes: not supported in Windows/386 2.x. Get InDOS flag with INT 21/AH=34h
and decrement by hand, taking care not to decrement InDOS flag through zero
SeeAlso: AX=1681h,INT 15/AX=101Ch,INT 21/AH=34h ———-2F1683—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS 3+ - GET CURRENT VIRTUAL MACHINE ID
AX = 1683h
Return: BX = current virtual machine (VM) ID Notes: Windows itself currently runs in VM 1, but this can't be relied upon
VM IDs are reused when VMs are destroyed an ID of 0 will never be returned
SeeAlso: AX=1684h,AX=1685h,AX=168Bh ———-2F1684—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS - GET DEVICE API ENTRY POINT
AX = 1684h BX = virtual device (VxD) ID (see below) ES:DI = 0000h:0000h
Return: ES:DI → VxD API entry point, or 0:0 if the VxD does not support an API Note: some Windows enhanced-mode virtual devices provide services that
applications can access. For example, the Virtual Display Device (VDD) provides an API used in turn by WINOLDAP.
SeeAlso: AX=1683h
Values for VxD ID: 01h VMM Virtual Machine Manager 02h Debug 03h VPICD Virtual Prog. Interrupt Controller (PIC) Device 04h VDMAD Virtual Direct Memory Access (DMA) Device 05h VTD Virtual Timer Device 06h V86MMGR Virtual 8086 Mode Device 07h PAGESWAP Paging Device 08h Parity 09h Reboot 0Ah VDD Virtual Display Device (GRABBER) 0Bh VSD Virtual Sound Device 0Ch VMD Virtual Mouse Device 0Dh VKD Virtual Keyboard Device 0Eh VCD Virtual COMM Device 0Fh VPD Virtual Printer Device 10h VHD Virtual Hard Disk Device 11h VMCPD 12h EBIOS Reserve EBIOS page (e.g., on PS/2) 13h BIOSXLAT Map ROM BIOS API between prot & V86 mode 14h VNETBIOS Virtual NetBIOS Device 15h DOSMGR 16h WINLOAD 17h SHELL 18h VMPoll 19h VPROD 1Ah DOSNET assures network integrity across VMs 1Bh VFD Virtual Floppy Device 1Ch VDD2 Secondary display adapter 1Dh WINDEBUG 1Eh TSRLoad TSR instance utility Note: The high bit of the VxD ID is reserved for future use. The
next 10 bits are the OEM # which is assigned by Microsoft. The low 5 bits are the device number.
Call VTD.386 entry point with:
AX = 0000h get VTD version number Return: AH = major version AL = minor version AX = 0100h get current clock tick time Return: EDX:EAX = clock tick time in 840ns units since Windows was started AX = 0101h get current system time in milliseconds Return: EAX = time in milliseconds that Windows has been running AX = 0102h get current virtual machine time Return: EAX = cumulative amount of time the virtual machine has been active, in milliseconds
Note: should only be called directly when TOOLHELP.DLL TimerCount() cannot
be called
———-2F1685—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS - SWITCH VMs AND CALLBACK
AX = 1685h BX = VM ID of virtual machine to switch to CX = flags bit 0 wait until interrupts enabled bit 1 wait until critical section unowned bits 2-15 reserved (zero) DX:SI = priority boost (see VMM.INC) ES:DI -> FAR procedure to callback
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code 01h invalid VM ID 02h invalid priority boost 03h invalid flags CF clear if successful event will be or has been called
Notes: some DOS devices, such as networks, need to call functions in a
specific VM. This call forces the appropriate VM to be installed. the callback procedure must preserve all registers and return with IRET
SeeAlso: AX=1683h,INT 15/AX=1117h ———-2F1686—————————– INT 2F - DOS Protected-Mode Interface - DETECT MODE
AX = 1686h
Return: AX = 0000h if operating in protected mode under DPMI (INT 31 available)
AX nonzero if in real/V86 mode or no DPMI (INT 31 not available)
SeeAlso: AX=1687h ———-2F1687—————————– INT 2F - DOS Protected-Mode Interface - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1687h
Return: AX = 0000h if installed
BX = flags bit 0: 32-bit programs supported CL = processor type (02h=80286, 03h=80386, 04h=80486) DH = DPMI major version DL = two-digit DPMI minor version SI = number of paragraphs of DOS extender private data ES:DI -> DPMI mode-switch entry point AX nonzero if not installed
SeeAlso: AX=1686h
Call mode switch entry point with:
AX = flags bit 0: set if 32-bit program ES = real mode segment of buffer for DPMI private data (ignored if SI was zero)
Return: CF set on error
program still in real mode AX = error code (DPMI 1.0+) 8011h unable to allocate all necessary descriptors 8021h 32-bit program specified, but 16-bit DPMI host CF clear if successful CS = 16-bit selector corresponding to real-mode CS SS = selector corresponding to real-mode SS (64K limit) DS = selector corresponding to real-mode DS (64K limit) ES = selector to program's PSP (100h byte limit) FS = GS = 0 high word of ESP = 0 if 32-bit program program now in protected mode
Note: this entry point is only called for the initial switch to protected
mode
———-2F1688—————————– INT 2F U - MS Windows 3.0, 386MAX v6.01 - GET SELECTOR TO LDT
AX = 1688h
Return: AX = status??? (0000h for 386MAX)
BX = selector for ???
———-2F1689—————————– INT 2F U - MS Windows 3.0+ - KERNEL IDLE CALL
AX = 1689h ???
Return: ??? ———-2F168A—————————– INT 2F - DPMI 0.9+ - GET VENDOR-SPECIFIC API ENTRY POINT
AX = 168Ah DS:(E)SI = selector:offset of ASCIZ vendor name
Return: AL = status
00h successful ES:(E)DI -> extended API entry point 8Ah unsuccessful
Notes: the vendor name is used to determine which entry point to return; it is
case-sensitive available in protected mode only 32-bit applications use ESI and EDI, 16-bit applications use SI and DI this call is present but not documented for DPMI 0.9
SeeAlso: INT 31/AX=0A00h
Vendor names: “MS-DOS” ??? and 386MAX v6.00+ “386MAX” 386MAX v6.00+ ———-2F168B—————————– INT 2F - MS Windows 3.1 - SET FOCUS TO SPECIFIED VIRTUAL MACHINE
AX = 168Bh ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=1683h ———-2F168C—————————– INT 2F - MS Windows 3.1 - RESTART COMMAND
AX = 168Ch ???
Return: ??? Note: WIN.COM executes specified application ———-2F1700—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - IDENTIFY WinOldAp VERSION
AX = 1700h
Return: AX = 1700h if this version of WINOLDAP doesn't support clipboard
AX <> 1700h AL = WINOLDAP major version AH = WINOLDAP minor version
Notes: WinOldAp (WINOLDAP.MOD) is a Microsoft Windows extension supporting
"old" (character-mode) application access to Dynamic Data Exchange, menus, and the Windows clipboard. this installation check DOES NOT follow the format used by other software
———-2F1701—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - OPEN CLIPBOARD
AX = 1701h
Return: AX <> 0 success
AX = 0 clipboard is already open
———-2F1702—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - EMPTY CLIPBOARD
AX = 1702h
Return: AX <> 0 clipboard has been emptied
AX = 0 failure
———-2F1703—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - SET CLIPBOARD DATA
AX = 1703h DX = clipboard format supported by WinOldAp: 01h text 02h bitmap 03h metafile picture 04h SYLK 05h DIF 06h TIFF 07h OEM text ES:BX -> data (see below for formats) SI:CX = size of data
Return: AX <> 0 data copied into the Clipboard
AX = 0 failure
Format of bitmap: Offset Size Description 00h WORD type (0000h) 02h WORD width of bitmap in pixels 04h WORD height of bitmap in pixels 06h WORD bytes per line 08h BYTE number of color planes 09h BYTE number of adjacent color bits in pixel 0Ah DWORD pointer to start of data 0Eh WORD width in 0.1mm units 10h WORD height in 0.1mm units 12h N BYTEs bitmap data
Format of metafile picture: Offset Size Description 00h WORD mapping mode 02h WORD X extent 04h WORD Y extent 06h WORD picture data ———-2F1704—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - GET CLIPBOARD DATA SIZE
AX = 1704h DX = clipboard format supported by WinOldAp (see AX=1703h)
Return: DX:AX = size of data in bytes, including any headers Failure: DX:AX = 0 no data in this format in the Clipboard ———-2F1705—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - GET CLIPBOARD DATA
AX = 1705h DX = clipboard format supported by WinOldAp (see AX=1703h) ES:BX -> buffer
Return: AX <> 0 success
AX = 0 error, or no data in this format in Clipboard
———-2F1708—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - CloseClipboard
AX = 1708h
Return: AX <> 0 success
AX = 0 failure
———-2F1709—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - COMPACT CLIPBOARD
AX = 1709h SI:CX = desired size in bytes
Return: DX:AX = number of bytes in largest block of free memory Note: WinOldAp is responsible for including the size of any headers ———-2F170A—————————– INT 2F - MS WINDOWS “WINOLDAP” - GET DEVICE CAPABILITIES
AX = 170Ah DX = GDI information index 00h device driver version 02h device classification 04h width in mm 06h height in mm 08h width in pixels 0Ah height in pixels 0Ch bits per pixel 0Eh number of bit planes 10h number of brushes supported by device 12h number of pens supported by device 14h number of markers supported by device 16h number of fonts supported by device 18h number of colors 1Ah size required for device descriptor 1Ch curve capabilities 1Eh line capabilities 20h polygon capabilities 22h text capabilities 24h clipping capabilities 26h bitblt capabilities 28h X aspect 2Ah Y aspect 2Ch length of hypotenuse of aspect 58h logical pixels per inch of width 5Ah logical pixels per inch of height
Return: AX = integer value of the desired item
device classification 00h vector plotter 01h raster display 02h raster printer 03h raster camera 04h character-stream, PLP 05h Metafile, VDM 06h display-file curve capabilities bit 0 circles bit 1 pie wedges bit 2 chord arcs bit 3 ellipses bit 4 wide lines bit 5 styled lines bit 6 wide styled lines bit 7 interiors line capabilities bit 1 polylines bit 2 markers bit 3 polymarkers bit 4 wide lines bit 5 styled lines bit 6 wide styled lines bit 7 interiors polygon capabilities bit 0 polygons bit 1 rectangles bit 2 trapezoids bit 3 scanlines bit 4 wide borders bit 5 styled borders bit 6 wide styled borders bit 7 interiors text capabilities bit 0 output precision character bit 1 output precision stroke bit 2 clippping precision stroke bit 3 90-degree character rotation bit 4 arbitrary character rotation bit 5 independent X and Y scaling bit 6 double-size bit 7 integer scaling bit 8 continuous scaling bit 9 bold bit 10 italic bit 11 underline bit 12 strikeout bit 13 raster fonts bit 14 vector fonts bit 15 reserved clipping capabilities 00h none 01h clipping to rectangles raster capabilities bit 0 simple bitBLT bit 1 device requires banding support bit 2 device requires scaling support bit 3 supports >64K bitmap
Note: This function returns the device-capability bits for the given display ———-2F1900—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4.x only SHELLB.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1900h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
FFh installed
———-2F1901BL00————————- INT 2F U - DOS 4.x only SHELLB.COM - SHELLC.EXE INTERFACE
AX = 1901h BL = 00h if SHELLC transient 01h if SHELLC resident DS:DX -> far call entry point for resident SHELLC.EXE
Return: ES:DI → SHELLC.EXE workspace within SHELLB.COM Note: SHELLB.COM and SHELLC.EXE are parts of the DOS 4.x shell ———-2F1902—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4.x only SHELLB.COM - COMMAND.COM INTERFACE
AX = 1902h ES:DI -> ASCIZ full filename of current batch file, with at least the final filename element uppercased DS:DX -> buffer for results
Return: AL = 00h failed, either
(a) final filename element quoted at ES:DI does not match identity of shell batch file quoted as parameter of most recent call of SHELLB command, or (b) no more Program Start Commands available. AL= FFh success, then: memory at DS:[DX+1] onwards filled as: DX+1: BYTE count of bytes of PSC DX+2: N BYTEs Program Start Command text BYTE 0Dh terminator
Explanation: COMMAND.COM executes the result of this call in preference to
reading a command from a batch file. Thus the batch file does not advance in execution for so long as SHELLB provides PSCs from its workspace. The PSCs are planted in SHELLB workspace by SHELLC, the user menu interface. The final PSC of a sequence is finished with a GOTO COMMON, which causes a loop back in the batch file which called SHELLC so as to execute SHELLC again. The check on batch file name permits PSCs to CALL nested batch files while PSCs are still stacked up for subsequent execution.
———-2F1903—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4.x only SHELLB.COM - COMMAND.COM interface
AX = 1903h ES:DI -> ASCIZ batch file name as for AX=1902h
Return: AL = FFh if quoted batch file name matches last SHELLB parameter
AL = 00h if it does not
———-2F1904—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4.x only SHELLB.COM - SHELLB transient to TSR intrface
AX = 1904h
Return: ES:DI → name of current shell batch file:
WORD number of bytes of name following BYTEs (8 max) uppercase name of shell batch file
———-2F1A00—————————– INT 2F - DOS 4+ ANSI.SYS - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1A00h
Return: AL = FFh if installed Notes: AVATAR.SYS also responds to this call
documented for DOS 5+, but undocumented for DOS 4.x
———-2F1A00BX4156———————– INT 2F - AVATAR.SYS - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1A00h BX = 4156h ('AV') CX = 4154h ('AT') DX = 4152h ('AR')
Return: AL = FFh if installed
CF clear BX = AVATAR protocol level supported CX = driver type 0000h AVATAR.SYS 4456h DVAVATAR.COM inside DESQview window DX = 0016h
Notes: AVATAR also identifies itself as ANSI.SYS if BX, CX, or DX differ from
the magic values AVATAR.SYS is a CON replacement by George Adam Stanislav which interprets AVATAR command codes in the same way that ANSI interprets ANSI command codes
———-2F1A01—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4+ ANSI.SYS internal - GET/SET DISPLAY INFORMATION
AX = 1A01h CL = function 7Fh for GET 5Fh for SET DS:DX -> parm block as for INT 21,AX=440Ch,CX=037Fh/035Fh respectively
Return: CF set on error
AX = error code (many non-standard) CF clear if successful AX destroyed
Note: presumably this is the DOS IOCTL interface to ANSI.SYS SeeAlso: AX=1A02h,INT 21/AX=440Ch ———-2F1A02—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4+ ANSI.SYS internal - MISCELLANEOUS REQUESTS
AX = 1A02h DS:DX -> parameter block (see below)
Note: DOS 5.0 chains to previous handler if AL > 02h on call SeeAlso: AX=1A01h
Format of parameter block: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE subfunction
00h set/reset interlock 01h get /L flag
01h BYTE interlock state
00h=reset, 01h=set This interlock prevents some of the ANSI.SYS post-processing in its hook onto INT 10, AH=00h mode set
02h BYTE (returned)
00h if /L not in effect 01h if /L in effect
———-2F1A21—————————– INT 2F - AVATAR.SYS - SET DRIVER STATE
AX = 1A21h (AL='!') DS:SI -> command string with one or more state characters CX = length of command string
Return: CF set on error (invalid subfunction)
CF clear if successful
Note: the characters in the state string are interpreted left to right, and
need not be in any particular order
SeeAlso: AX=1A3Fh
Values of state characters: 'a' activate driver 'd' disable driver 'f' use fast screen output 'g' always convert gray keys (+ and -) to function keys 'G' never convert gray keys 'l' convert gray keys only when ScrollLock active 's' use slow screen output 't' Tandy 1000 keyboard (not yet implemented) ———-2F1A3C—————————– INT 2F U - AVATAR.SYS v0.11 - ???
AX = 1A3Ch ???
Return: CX = 0000h ———-2F1A3E—————————– INT 2F U - AVATAR.SYS v0.11 - ???
AX = 1A3Eh CL = ??? CH = ??? DL = ??? DH = ???
Return: CL = ???
CH = ??? DL = ??? DH = ???
———-2F1A3F—————————– INT 2F - AVATAR.SYS - QUERY DRIVER STATE
AX = 1A3Fh (AL='?') ES:DI -> buffer CX = length of buffer in bytes
Return: CF clear
CX = actual size of returned info
Note: the returned information consists of multiple letters whose meanings
are described under AX=1A21h
SeeAlso: AX=1A21h ———-2F1A42BX4156———————– INT 2F - AVATAR Serial Dispatcher - INSTALL IRQ3 HANDLER
AX = 1A42h BX = 4156h ('AV') ES:DI -> FAR handler for serial port using IRQ3 DS = data segment needed by handler
Return: AX = 1A42h if ASD not installed
= 0000h if no more room else handle to use when uninstalling
Notes: the handler need not save/restore registers or signal EOI to the
interrupt controller the handler should return AX=0000h if the interrupt was meant for it, and either leave AX unchanged or return a non-zero value otherwise the most recently installed handler will be called first, continuing to earlier handlers until one returns AX=0000h
SeeAlso: AX=1A43h,AX=1A62h ———-2F1A43BX4156———————– INT 2F - AVATAR Serial Dispatcher - INSTALL IRQ4 HANDLER
AX = 1A43h BX = 4156h ('AV') ES:DI -> FAR handler for serial port using IRQ4 DS = data segment needed by handler
Return: AX = 1A43h if ASD not installed
= 0000h if no more room else handle to use when uninstalling
Notes: (see AX=1A42h) SeeAlso: AX=1A42h,AX=1A63h ———-2F1A44BX4156———————– INT 2F - AVATAR.SYS v0.11+ - GET DATA SEGMENT
AX = 1A44h BX = 4156h ('AV')
Return: AX = 0000h
DS = data segment CX = size of data segment
Note: AVATAR.SYS calls this function whenever it is invoked. If each
process under a multitasker hooks this function and provides a separate data segment, AVATAR.SYS becomes fully reentrant.
SeeAlso: AX=1A21h,AX=1A3Fh ———-2F1A52—————————– INT 2F U - AVATAR.SYS v0.11 - GET ???
AX = 1A52h CX = size of buffer ES:DI -> buffer
Return: ??? copied into user buffer Note: the maximum size of the data which may be copied is returned by
AX=1A72h
SeeAlso: AX=1A72h ———-2F1A53—————————– INT 2F U - AVATAR.SYS v0.11 - ???
AX = 1A53h CL = ??? (00h-05h) ???
Return: ??? ———-2F1A62BX4156———————– INT 2F - AVATAR Serial Dispatcher - UNINSTALL IRQ3 HANDLER
AX = 1A62h BX = 4156h ('AV') CX = handle for IRQ routine returned by AX=1A42h
SeeAlso: AX=1A42h,AX=1A63h ———-2F1A63BX4156———————– INT 2F - AVATAR Serial Dispatcher - UNINSTALL IRQ4 HANDLER
AX = 1A63h BX = 4156h ('AV') CX = handle for IRQ routine returned by AX=1A43h
SeeAlso: AX=1A43h,AX=1A62h ———-2F1A72—————————– INT 2F U - AVATAR.SYS v0.11 - GET ??? SIZE
AX = 1A72h
Return: CX = maximum size of ??? SeeAlso: AX=1A52h ———-2F1A7B—————————– INT 2F U - AVATAR.SYS v0.11 - ???
AX = 1A7Bh
Return: AX = 0000h
CX = 0000h
———-2F1A7D—————————– INT 2F U - AVATAR.SYS v0.11 - ???
AX = 1A7Dh
Return: AX = ??? ———-2F1AADDX0000———————– INT 2F U - AVATAR.SYS v0.11 - ???
AX = 1AADh DX = 0000h CX = subfunction (00h-0Ch) ???
Return: AX = 0000h if DX was nonzero
???
———-2F1B00—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4+ XMA2EMS.SYS extension internal - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 1B00h
Return: AL = FFh if installed Note: XMA2EMS.SYS extension is only installed if DOS has page frames to hide.
This extension hooks onto INT 67/AH=58h and returns from that call data which excludes the physical pages being used by DOS.
SeeAlso: AH=1Bh“FRAME INFO” ———-2F1B——————————- INT 2F U - DOS 4+ XMA2EMS.SYS extension internal - GET HIDDEN FRAME INFORMATION
AH = 1Bh AL <> 00h DI = hidden physical page number
Return: AX = FFFFh if failed (no such hidden page)
AX = 0000h if OK, then ES = segment of page frame DI = physical page number
Notes: this corresponds to the data edited out of the INT 67/AH=58h call
FASTOPEN makes this call with AL = FFh
SeeAlso: AX=1B00h ———-2F2300—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 5.0 GRAFTABL - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 2300h
Return: AH = FFh Note: this installation check does not follow the usual format SeeAlso: AH=23h ———-2F23——————————- INT 2F - DR-DOS 5.0 GRAFTABL - GET GRAPHICS DATA
AH = 23h AL nonzero
Return: AH = FFh
ES:BX -> graphics data
SeeAlso: AX=2300h ———-2F2700—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 2700h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
= FFh installed
———-2F2701—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - GET STATUS
AX = 2701h
Return: AX = maximum simultaneous tasks
BX = index into TASK_IDS of current foreground task CX = currently-active tasks DX = version number (DR-DOS 6.0 = 0001h) ES:SI -> TASK_IDS ES:DI -> name table (array of 8-byte names, NUL-terminated if <8 chars)
Notes: do not attempt to create a new task if CX == AX
the task's index is its position on the task menu, while its ID is the position within the internal task name table
SeeAlso: AX=2714h,AX=2716h ———-2F2702—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - GET PER-TASK EMS LIMIT
AX = 2702h
Return: DX = maximum pages INT 67/AH=42h will report available Note: TaskMAX does not limit EMS allocations other than by limiting the
amount which is reported as being available at a given time
SeeAlso: AX=2703h,INT 67/AH=42h ———-2F2703—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - SET PER-TASK EMS LIMIT
AX = 2703h DX = maximum pages INT 67/AH=42h should report available
Return: DX = new maximum for reporting SeeAlso: AX=2702h,INT 67/AH=42h ———-2F2704—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - REGISTER/UNREGISTER TASK MANAGER
AX = 2704h DL = subfunction 00h unregister task manager 01h register task manager
Return: DL = status
00h registered 01h unregistered
Notes: a task manager replaces TaskMAX's menu system with its own user
interface; while one is registered, the TaskMAX hotkeys and Ctrl-Alt-Del invoke the manager rather than the built-in menu system unregister the task manager before terminating it
SeeAlso: AX=2705h ———-2F2705—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - ENABLE/DISABLE DIRECT SWITCHING
AX = 2705h DL = subfunction 00h disable keystrokes for switching to next/prev/specified task 01h enable
Return: nothing Note: should only be called by a registered task manager (see AX=2704h) SeeAlso: AX=2704h,AX=2706h ———-2F2706—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - SWITCH TO SPECIFIED TASK
AX = 2706h DX = task index (see AX=2701h) of task to be activated
Return: DX = task index of previously-active task SeeAlso: AX=2705h,AX=2707h,AX=2715h ———-2F2707—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - CREATE NEW TASK
AX = 2707h DS:DX -> ASCIZ pathname of executable ES:BX -> parameter block (see below) CX = number of ticks before automatic return to task manager (0000h = run until termination or explicitly switched)
Return: DX = new task's task index (FFFFh if task terminated) SeeAlso: AX=2706h,AX=2708h
Format of parameter block: Offset Size Description 00h WORD reserved, should be 0000h 02h DWORD pointer to command tail to be copied into child's PSP 06h DWORD pointer to first FCB to be copied into child's PSP 0Ah DWORD pointer to second FCB to be copied into child's PSP ———-2F2708—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - DELETE TASK
AX = 2708h DX = task index
Return: DX = FFFFh (task deleted) Notes: this call should only be used for abnormal task termination, after
first checking for open files with AX=270Ch; should not be used with programs that allocate EMS or XMS memory switches to specified task first
SeeAlso: AX=2707h ———-2F2709—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - NAME TASK
AX = 2709h DX = task index DS:SI -> 8-byte name (8 NULs = remove name)
Return: AL = task flags
00h ID unused or task terminated 01h ID in use, task name table entry valid 81h ID in use, task name fixed BX = task ID ES:DI -> name in task name table (see AX=2701h)
Note: the task retains the given name until it terminates or the name is
removed by specifying a name of 8 NULs.
SeeAlso: AX=2701h,AX=2707h ———-2F270A—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - CONVERT TASK INDEX TO TASK ID
AX = 270Ah DX = task index
Return: DX = task ID (FFFFh if index invalid) Note: task IDs stay constant, while indexes can change when other tasks are
deleted
SeeAlso: AX=2701h,AX=270Bh ———-2F270B—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - CONVERT TASK ID TO TASK INDEX
AX = 270Bh DX = task ID
Return: DX = task index (FFFFh if task not active) SeeAlso: AX=270Ah ———-2F270C—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - CHECK OPEN FILES
AX = 270Ch DX = task index
Return: AX = number of files currently open for specified task SeeAlso: AX=2708h ———-2F270D—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - CHECK IF TASK RUNNING PRIMARY COMMAND INTERPRETER
AX = 270Dh DX = task index
Return: DX = status
0000h if primary command interpreter (COMMAND.COM, etc.) running 0001h if not in root shell for task
Note: TaskMAX will return 0001h if the specified task has spawned another
command interpreter with AX=2707h
SeeAlso: AX=2707h,AX=270Ch ———-2F270E—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - GET/SET TEXT PASTE LEAD-IN
AX = 270Eh CX = length of string (max 15 keystrokes, 0000h to get current string) DS:SI -> pasting lead-in string (character/scan-code pairs)
Return: ES:DI → current lead-in string Note: the specified sequence of keystrokes is sent to the application before
every line of a text-mode spreadsheet paste
SeeAlso: AX=270Fh,AX=2710h,AX=2713h ———-2F270F—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - GET/SET NUMERIC PASTE LEAD-IN
AX = 270Fh CX = length of string (max 15 keystrokes, 0000h to get current string) DS:SI -> pasting lead-in string (character/scan-code pairs)
Return: ES:DI → current lead-in string Note: the specified sequence of keystrokes is sent to the application before
every number in a numeric-mode spreadsheet paste
SeeAlso: AX=270Eh,AX=2710h,AX=2711h,AX=2713h ———-2F2710—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - GET/SET PASTE LINE TERMINATOR STRING
AX = 2710h CX = length of string (max 15 keystrokes, 0000h to get current string) DS:SI -> pasting lead-in string (character/scan-code pairs)
Return: ES:DI → current lead-in string Note: the specified sequence of keystrokes is sent to the application after
every line of a spreadsheet paste operation
SeeAlso: AX=270Eh,AX=270Fh,AX=2713h ———-2F2711—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - GET/SET NUMERIC PASTE DECIMAL POINT
AX = 2711h DX = ASCII code for separator (FFFFh to get current)
Return: DL = current separator character SeeAlso: AX=270Fh ———-2F2712—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - INITIATE EXPORTING TASK DATA
AX = 2712h DX = task index
———-2F2713—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - INITIATE PASTE OPERATION
AX = 2713h DX = task index CX = past mode 0000h alphanumeric 0001h numeric 0002h text
SeeAlso: AX=270Eh,AX=270Fh,AX=2710h,AX=2711h ———-2F2714—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - GET SWAP SPACE INFO
AX = 2714h
Return: CX = total KB of swap space
DX = available KB of swap space
SeeAlso: AX=2701h ———-2F2715—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - SWITCH TO TASK MANAGER
AX = 2715h
Return: only after calling task is again selected SeeAlso: AX=2706h ———-2F2716—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - GET PASTE BUFFER STATUS
AX = 2716h
Return: AX = 0000h if AX=2716h,AX=2717h,AX=2718h supported
CX = bytes in paste buffer DX = current generation number (updated after every copy operation)
SeeAlso: AX=2701h,AX=2713h,AX=2714h,AX=2717h,AX=2718h ———-2F2717—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - PASTE DATA DIRECTLY TO APPLICATION BUFFER
AX = 2717h CX = bytes in destination buffer ES:DI -> destination buffer
Return: AX = 0000h if function supported
CX = bytes actually copied (FFFFh if buffer too small) DX = current generation number for paste buffer
Note: the destination buffer may be too small if another task adds more data
to the paste buffer after the AX=2716h call but before this call
SeeAlso: AX=2713h,AX=2716h,AX=2718h ———-2F2718—————————– INT 2F - DR-DOS 6.0 TaskMAX - COPY DATA DIRECTLY INTO PASTE BUFFER
AX = 2718h CX = bytes in source buffer DS:SI -> source buffer (plain ASCII, lines terminated with CR LF)
Return: AX = 0000h if function supported
CX = bytes actually copied DX = current generation number for paste buffer
SeeAlso: AX=2712h,AX=2716h,AX=2717h ———-2F2A——————————- INT 2F - Gammafax DOS Dispatcher INTERFACE
AH = 2Ah
Note: details not available at this time SeeAlso: AX=8000h“FaxBIOS”,AX=CB00h,AX=CBDDh,INT 66“BitFax” ———-2F3900—————————– INT 2F - Kingswood TSR INTERFACE - COMPATIBILITY MODE
AX = 3900h
Return: AL = status
00h not installed FFh one or more TSRs using this interface is installed
Note: this function is provided to that the multiplex number will appear used
to other programs
SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h ———-2F39–BL00————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR INTERFACE - INSTALLATION CHECK
AH = 39h BL = 00h AL = TSR ID number (01h-FFh, currently only 01h-0Eh used) (see below)
Return: AL = status
00h not installed FFh installed DX = segment address of resident module
Note: All of Kingswood Software's TSRs use this interface. Usually the
resident module is installed by allocating a block of upper memory, setting its owner ID to 0008h (DOS data), and filling the MCB name field with the TSR's name.
SeeAlso: AX=3900h,AH=39h/BL=01h
Values for TSR ID number: 01h TSR Windows 02h NOBUSY 03h CD STACK 04h DISK WATCH 05h PUSHBP 06h ALIAS 07h KEYMACRO 08h SLOWDOWN 09h ANSIGRAB 0Ah TEE 0Bh FASTMOUS 0Ch EXTWILD 0Dh BREAKOUT 0Eh STOPDISK
Format of TSR modules: Offset Size Description 00h 4 BYTEs signature “FTSR” 04h WORD segment address of this module 06h WORD number of words to skip (usually 0000h if no PSP present) 08h N WORDs module-defined data that must be at a fixed segment offset
(usually only a PSP if file access is required) 5N BYTEs interrupt list (see below) BYTE FFh terminator
Format of interrupt list entry: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE interrupt number (00h-FEh) 01h WORD offset within segment of DWORD pointer to previous interrupt 03h WORD offset within segment of begin of interrupt handler code ———-2F39–BL01————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR INTERFACE - REMOVAL CHECK
AH = 39h BL = 01h AL = TSR ID number (01h-FFh) (see AH=39h/BL=00h)
Return: AL = status
00h not ready to be removed FFh resident module may be removed by deassigning the interrupts hooked by the TSR and deallocating the TSR's memory block AH,BX,CX,DX,ES may be destroyed
SeeAlso: AX=3900h,AH=39h/BL=00h ———-2F39——————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR INTERFACE - APPLICATION-SPECIFIC FUNCTION CALLS
AH = 39h BL = function number (02h-FFh) AL = TSR ID number (01h-FFh) CX,DX,SI,DI,DS,ES may contain parameters
Return: as appropriate for the called function SeeAlso: AX=3900h,AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=02h ———-2F3901BL02————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - OPEN WINDOW
AX = 3901h BL = 02h
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) Notes: opens the next TSR window on top of any others. Only three
TSR windows can be opened at any one time. The three windows are all 40x11 characters, partly overlapping.
SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=03h,AX=3901h/BL=05h,AX=3901h/BL=06h ———-2F3901BL03————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - HIDE WINDOWS
AX = 3901h BL = 03h
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) Notes: Hide any visible TSR windows from view. SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=02h,AX=3901h/BL=05h ———-2F3901BL04————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - SHOW WINDOWS
AX = 3901h BL = 04h
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) Notes: Re-display all TSR windows after a HIDE WINDOWS call. SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=02h,AX=3901h/BL=03h ———-2F3901BL05————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - CLOSE WINDOW
AX = 3901h BL = 05h
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) Notes: Close the last opened TSR window. SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=02h ———-2F3901BL06————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - SET WINDOW TITLE
AX = 3901h BL = 06h DS:SI -> title string
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=02h ———-2F3901BL07————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - POSITION CURSOR
AX = 3901h BL = 07h CH = Y coordinate (0-10) CL = X coordinate (0-39)
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) Note: the hardware cursor is always disabled when a TSR window is opened;
this call only sets a text position
SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=08h,AX=3901h/BL=09h ———-2F3901BL08————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - DISPLAY STRING
AX = 3901h BL = 08h DS:SI -> string
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) Notes: The text is not clipped.
This routine understands Tab, NewLine and Carriage Return
SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=07h ———-2F3901BL09————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - SCROLL WINDOW
AX = 3901h BL = 09h CL = scroll direction: 00h up, FFh down, 00h clear window
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=07h ———-2F3901BL0A————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - SOUND BEEPER
AX = 3901h BL = 0Ah DX = sound divisor, or 0 for silence. (divide 1843200 by required frequency to get value for DX) CL = sound length in 18.2 Hz clock ticks
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h ———-2F3901BL0B————————- INT 2F - Kingswood TSR Windows - ADD OR REMOVE USER
AX = 3901h BL = 0Bh CL = number of users increment: +1 if adding a new user -1 if removing a user
Return: AX = error code (0000h if successful) Note: the TSR windows resident module may only be removed when the internal
user count is zero
SeeAlso: AH=39h/BL=00h,AX=3901h/BL=02h ———-2F4000—————————– INT 2F - Windows 3.x (OS/2 2.x???) - GET VIRTUAL DEVICE DRIVER (VDD) CAPABLTIES
AX = 4000h
Return: AL = 01h does not virtualize video access
02h virtualizes the video when in text mode 03h virtualizes the video when in text mode or single plane graphics modes 04h virtualizes the video when in text mode, single plane graphics modes, and VGA multiplane modes FFh virtualizes the video fully
Note: this function is used by display drivers to find out what capabilities
exist for the VDD driver and also trigger then VDD driver to call functions 4005h and 4006h. This function also gives the Video Driver hardware access to the video registers.
———-2F4001—————————– INT 2F - OS/2 compatibility box - SWITCHING DOS TO BACKGROUND
AX = 4001h
Note: called by OS/2 when the DOS box is about to be placed in the background
and the video driver should save any necessary state
SeeAlso: AX=4002h,AX=4005h ———-2F4002—————————– INT 2F - OS/2 compatibility box - SWITCHING DOS TO FOREGROUND
AX = 4002h
Note: called by OS/2 when the DOS box is about to be placed in the foreground
and the video driver should restore the previously-saved state
SeeAlso: AX=4001h,AX=4006h ———-2F4003—————————– INT 2F - Windows 3.x - ENTERING VIDEO DRIVER CRITICAL SECTION
AX = 4003h
Note: This critical section must be exited within 1 second. SeeAlso: AX=4004h ———-2F4004—————————– INT 2F - Windows 3.x - EXITING VIDEO DRIVER CRITICAL SECTION
AX = 4004h
SeeAlso: AX=4003h ———-2F4005—————————– INT 2F - Windows 3.x - SWITCHING DOS TO BACKGROUND
AX = 4005h
Note: called by Windows when the DOS box is about to be placed in the
background and the video driver should save any necessary state information
SeeAlso: AX=4001h,AX=4006h ———-2F4006—————————– INT 2F - Windows 3.x - SWITCHING DOS TO FOREGROUND
AX = 4006h
Note: called by Windows when the DOS box is about to be placed in the
foreground and the video driver should restore any necessary state information
SeeAlso: AX=4002h,AX=4005h ———-2F4007—————————– INT 2F - Windows 3.x - ENABLE VDD TRAPPING OF VIDEO REGISTERS
AX = 4007h
———-2F41——————————- INT 2F - LAN Manager 2.0 DOS Enhanced NETPOPUP.EXE - NETWORK POP-UP SERVICE
AH = 41h ???
Return: ??? Note: LAN Manager enhanced mode adds features beyond the standard redirector
file/printer services
SeeAlso: AX=118Ah,AH=42h,AH=4Bh ———-2F42——————————- INT 2F - LAN Manager 2.0 DOS Enhanced MSRV.EXE - MESSENGER SERVICE
AH = 42h ???
Return: ??? Note: LAN Manager enhanced mode adds features beyond the standard redirector
file/printer services
SeeAlso: AX=118Ah,AH=41h,AH=4Bh ———-2F4300—————————– INT 2F - EXTENDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION (XMS) - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 4300h
Return: AL = 80h XMS driver installed
AL <> 80h no driver
Notes: XMS gives access to extended memory and noncontiguous/nonEMS memory
above 640K this installation check DOES NOT follow the format used by other software
SeeAlso: AX=4310h ———-2F4310—————————– INT 2F - EXTENDED MEMORY SPECIFICATION (XMS) - GET DRIVER ADDRESS
AX = 4310h
Return: ES:BX → driver entry point Note: HIMEM.SYS v2.77 chains to previous handler if AH is not 00h or 10h SeeAlso: AX=4300h
Perform a FAR call to the driver entry point with AH set to the function code
AH function 00h Get XMS version number Return: AX = XMS version (in BCD, AH=major, AL=minor) BX = internal revision number DX = 0001h if HMA (1M to 1M + 64K) exists 0000h if HMA does not exist 01h Request High Memory Area (1M to 1M + 64K) DX = memory in bytes (for TSR or device drivers) FFFFh if application program Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,90h,91h,92h) (see below) 02h Release High Memory Area Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,90h,93h) (see below) 03h Global enable A20, for using the HMA Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,82h) (see below) 04h Global disable A20 Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,82h,94h) (see below) 05h Local enable A20, for direct access to extended memory Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,82h) (see below) 06h Local disable A20 Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,82h,94h) (see below) 07h Query A20 state Return: AX = 0001h enabled = 0000h disabled BL = error code (00h,80h,81h) (see below) 08h Query free extended memory, not counting HMA BL = 00h (some implementations leave BL unchanged on success) Return: AX = size of largest extended memory block in K DX = total extended memory in K BL = error code (00h,80h,81h,A0h) (see below) 09h Allocate extended memory block DX = Kbytes needed Return: AX = 0001h success DX = handle for memory block = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,A0h) (see below) 0Ah Free extended memory block DX = handle of block to free Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,A2h,ABh) (see below) 0Bh Move extended memory block DS:SI -> EMM structure (see below) Note: if either handle is 0000h, the corresponding offset is considered to be an absolute segment:offset address in directly addressable memory Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h-82h,A3h-A9h) (see below) 0Ch Lock extended memory block DX = handle of block to lock Return: AX = 0001h success DX:BX = 32-bit linear address of locked block = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,A2h,ACh,ADh) (see below) 0Dh Unlock extended memory block DX = handle of block to unlock Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,A2h,AAh) (see below) 0Eh Get handle information DX = handle for which to get info Return: AX = 0001h success BH = block's lock count BL = number of free handles left DX = block size in K = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,A2h) (see below) 0Fh Reallocate extended memory block DX = handle of block BX = new size of block in K Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,81h,A0h-A2h,ABh) (see below) 10h Request upper memory block (nonEMS memory above 640K) DX = size of block in paragraphs Return: AX = 0001h success BX = segment address of UMB DX = actual size of block = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,B0h,B1h) (see below) DX = largest available block 11h Release upper memory block DX = segment address of UMB to release Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,B2h) (see below) 12h (XMS v3.0) Reallocate upper memory block DX = segment address of UMB to resize BX = new size of block in paragraphs Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = error code (80h,B0h,B2h) (see below) 34h (QEMM 5.11 only, undocumented) ??? 44h (QEMM 5.11 only, undocumented) ??? 88h (XMS v3.0) Query free extended memory Return: EAX = largest block of extended memory, in K BL = status 00h success 80h not implemented (i.e. on a 286 system) 81h VDISK detected A0h all extended memory allocated ECX = physical address of highest byte of memory (valid even on error codes 81h and A0h) EDX = total Kbytes of extended memory (0 if status A0h) 89h (XMS v3.0) Allocate any extended memory EDX = Kbytes needed Return: AX = 0001h success DX = handle for allocated block (free with AH=0Ah) = 0000h failure BL = status (80h,81h,A0h,A1h,A2h) (see below) 8Eh (XMS v3.0) Get extended EMB handle information DX = handle Return: AX = 0001h success BH = block's lock count CX = number of free handles left EDX = block size in K = 0000h failure BL = status (80h,81h,A2h) (see below) 8Fh (XMS v3.0) Reallocate any extended memory block DX = unlocked handle EBX = new size in K Return: AX = 0001h success = 0000h failure BL = status (80h,81h,A0h-A2h,ABh) (see below)
Notes: HIMEM.SYS requires at least 256 bytes free stack space
the XMS driver need not implement functions 10h through 12h to be considered compliant with the standard
Format of EMM structure: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD number of bytes to move (must be even) 04h WORD source handle 06h DWORD offset into source block 0Ah WORD destination handle 0Ch DWORD offset into destination block Notes: if source and destination overlap, only forward moves (source base
less than destination base) are guaranteed to work properly if either handle is zero, the corresponding offset is interpreted as a real-mode address referring to memory directly addressable by the processor
Error codes returned in BL:
00h successful 80h function not implemented 81h Vdisk was detected 82h an A20 error occurred 8Eh a general driver error 8Fh unrecoverable driver error 90h HMA does not exist 91h HMA is already in use 92h DX is less than the /HMAMIN= parameter 93h HMA is not allocated 94h A20 line still enabled A0h all extended memory is allocated A1h all available extended memory handles are allocated A2h invalid handle A3h source handle is invalid A4h source offset is invalid A5h destination handle is invalid A6h destination offset is invalid A7h length is invalid A8h move has an invalid overlap A9h parity error occurred AAh block is not locked ABh block is locked ACh block lock count overflowed ADh lock failed B0h only a smaller UMB is available B1h no UMB's are available B2h UMB segment number is invalid
———-2F44——————————- INT 2F U - ???
AH = 44h AL = function (at least 0Bh, 15h, 17h) ???
Return: ??? Note: called by Codeview for Windows SeeAlso: AH=86h ———-2F4500—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 4500h
Return: AL = 01h if PROF.COM installed
AL = 02h if VPROD.386 installed
SeeAlso: AX=4501h,AX=4502h ———-2F4501—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - SETUP PROFILER
AX = 4501h BX = CSIPS buffer size in KB (first parameter for ProfSetup) CX = output limit in KB (second parameter for ProfSetup)
Note: this call is not supported by PROF.COM SeeAlso: AX=4502h,AX=4503h ———-2F4502—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - SET SAMPLING RATE
AX = 4502h BL = sampling rate for PROF.COM (0 < BL <= 13) (01h = 8192/s, 04h = 1024/s, 08h = 32/s, 0Dh = 1/s) CX = sampling rate for VPROD.386
Note: for PROF.COM, this programs the CMOS clock by setting BL+2 as the
low four bits of CMOS register 0Ah. The interruption rate is 1 SHL (15 - BL) per second.
SeeAlso: AX=4501h,AX=4503h ———-2F4503—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - START PROFILING
AX = 4503h
Notes: Profiling is also turned on by the key combinations
LeftShift + RightShift + Alt LeftShift + RightShift + Ctrl for PROF.COM, this call programs the CMOS clock by reading register 0Ch, and setting bit 6 of register 0Bh. It then makes sure that IRQ8 is unmasked
SeeAlso: AX=4504h ———-2F4504—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - STOP PROFILING
AX = 4504h
Notes: profiling is also turned off by the key combination
LeftShift + RightShift for PROF.COM, this programs the CMOS clock by reading register 0Ch and clearing bit 6 of register 0Bh. It then masks IRQ8.
SeeAlso: AX=4503h,AX=4505h,AX=4506h,AX=4507h ———-2F4505—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - CLEAR PROFILING DATA
AX = 4505h
SeeAlso: AX=4503h,AX=4504h,AX=4506h ———-2F4506—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - “ProfFlush”
AX = 4506h
SeeAlso: AX=4505h,AX=4507h ———-2F4507—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - “ProfFinish”
AX = 4507h
Note: this call is essentially a “ProfStop” (AX=4504h) followed by
"ProfFlush" (AX=4506h)
SeeAlso: AX=4504h,AX=4505h,AX=4506h ———-2F4508—————————– INT 2F U - Microsoft Profiler (PROF.COM/VPROD.386) - ALTERNATE SEGDEBUG IFACE
AX = 4508h BX = ordinal (or 0000h) CX = segment DX = instance (or 0000h) SI = type (or 0000h) ES:DI -> ASCIZ module name
Notes: this call is an alternate entry to the profiler's SEGDEBUG
interface, but only to function 0, for notifying the profiler of each new segment loaded. The SHOWHITS utility then examines the profiler's output files (CSIPS.DAT and SEGENTRY.DAT) in conjunction with symbol files to provide information in a useful form. this call does not have a corresponding Windows function
SeeAlso: AX=4500h ———-2F4601—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 5.0 kernel - ???
AX = 4601h
Return: ??? Note: copies the MCB following the caller's PSP memory block into DOS data
segment
SeeAlso: AX=4602h ———-2F4602—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 5.0 kernel - ???
AX = 4602h
Return: ??? Note: copies previously copied MCB from DOS data segment into MCB following
caller's PSP memory block
SeeAlso: AX=4601h ———-2F46——————————- INT 2F U - ???
AH = 46h AL = subfunction (03h,04h)
Return: ??? Note: these two subfunctions are called by MS Windows 3.0 ———-2F4653CX0002———————– INT 2F - F-PROT v1.x only - F-LOCK.EXE
AX = 4653h CX = 0002h BX = subfunction 0000h installation check Return: AX = FFFFh 0001h uninstall Return: AX,BX,ES destroyed 0002h disable (v1.08 and below only) 0003h enable (v1.08 and below only)
Note: F-LOCK is part of the F-PROT virus/trojan protection package by Fridrik
Skulason
SeeAlso: AX=4653h/CX=0003h,AX=CA00h,INT 21/AX=4BEEh ———-2F4653CX0003———————– INT 2F - F-PROT v1.x only - F-XCHK.EXE
AX = 4653h CX = 0003h BX = subfunction 0000h installation check Return: AX = FFFFh 0001h uninstall Return: AX,BX,ES destroyed
Note: F-XCHK is part of the F-PROT virus/trojan protection package by Fridrik
Skulason
SeeAlso: AX=4653h/CX=0002h,AX=4653h/CX=0004h,AX=CA00h ———-2F4653CX0004———————– INT 2F - F-PROT v1.x only - F-POPUP.EXE
AX = 4653h CX = 0004h BX = subfunction 0000h installation check Return: AX = FFFFh 0001h uninstall Return: AX,BX,ES destroyed 0002h disable (v1.08 and below only) display message (v1.14+) other registers: ??? 0003h enable (v1.08 and below only) display message (v1.14+) other registers: ??? Return: AX = key pressed by user
Note: F-POPUP is part of the F-PROT virus/trojan protection package by
Fridrik Skulason
SeeAlso: AX=4653h/CX=0003h,AX=4653h/CX=0005h,AX=CA00h ———-2F4653CX0005———————– INT 2F - F-PROT v1.x only - F-DLOCK.EXE
AX = 4653h CX = 0005h BX = subfunction 0000h installation check Return: AX = FFFFh 0001h uninstall Return: AX,BX,ES destroyed
Note: F-DLOCK is part of the F-PROT virus/trojan protection package by
Fridrik Skulason
SeeAlso: AX=4653h/CX=0004h,AX=CA00h ———-2F4680—————————– INT 2F - MS Windows v3.0 - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 4680h
Return: AX = 0000h MS Windows 3.0 running in real (/R) or standard (/S) mode,
or DOS 5 DOSSHELL active nonzero no Windows, Windows prior to 3.0, or Windows3 in enhanced mode
Note: not officially documented, but Microsoft has indicated that they
intend to provide an installation check which works in all modes
SeeAlso: AX=1600h ———-2F4800—————————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 DOSKEY - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 4800h
Return: AL = nonzero if installed SeeAlso: AX=4810h ———-2F4810—————————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 DOSKEY - READ INPUT LINE FROM CONSOLE
AX = 4810h DS:DX -> line buffer (see INT 21/AH=0Ah)
Return: AX = 0000h if successful Notes: the first byte (length) of the buffer MUST be 80h, or DOSKEY chains to
the previous handler if the user's input is a macro name, no text is placed in the buffer even though AX=0000h on return; the program must immediately issue this call again to retrieve the expansion of the macro. Similarly, if the user enters a special parameter such as $*, this call must be repeated to retrieve the expansion; on the second call, DOSKEY overwrites the macro name on the screen with its expansion.
SeeAlso: AX=4800h,INT 21/AH=0Ah ———-2F4A00CX0000———————– INT 2F U - DOS v5.0 - SINGLE-FLOPPY LOGICAL DRIVE CHANGE NOTIFICATION
AX = 4A00h CX = 0000h DH = new drive number DL = current drive number
Return: CX = FFFFh to skip “Insert diskette for drive X:” message Note: called by MSDOS 5.00 IO.SYS just before displaying the message
"Insert diskette for drive X:" on single-floppy systems
———-2F4A01—————————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 - QUERY FREE HMA SPACE
AX = 4A01h
Return: BX = number of bytes available in HMA (0000h if DOS not using HMA)
ES:DI -> start of available HMA area (FFFFh:FFFFh if not using HMA)
SeeAlso: AX=4310h,AX=4A02h ———-2F4A02—————————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 - ALLOCATE HMA SPACE
AX = 4A02h BX = number of bytes
Return: ES:DI → start of allocated HMA block or FFFFh:FFFFh
BX destroyed
Note: this call is not valid unless DOS is loaded in the HMA (DOS=HIGH) SeeAlso: AX=4A01h ———-2F4A05—————————– INT 2F U - DOS v5.0 DOSSHELL - ???
AX = 4A05h SI = function 0000h reset??? 0001h ??? 0002h ??? 0003h ??? 0004h ??? BL = ??? 0005h ??? 0006h get ??? Return: ES:DI -> ??? 0007h get ??? Return: AX = ??? 0008h get ??? Return: DX:AX -> ??? 0009h get ??? Return: ES = ??? 000Ah ??? BL = ??? ES:DI -> ??? 000Bh get ??? Return: AX = ??? 000Ch ??? BL = ??? Return: DX:AX -> ???
Notes: DOSSHELL chains to the previous handler if SI is not one of the values
listed above the DOSSWAP.EXE module calls functions 03h,04h,05h,07h,08h,09h,0Ch
SeeAlso: AX=4B01h ———-2F4A06—————————– INT 2F U - ??? - GET MEMORY SIZE
AX = 4A06h DX = segment following last byte of conventional memory
Return: DX = segment following last byte of memory available for use by DOS Note: called by MSDOS 5.00 IO.SYS startup code if the signature “RPL” is
present three bytes beyond the INT 2F handler; this call overrides the value returned by INT 12
SeeAlso: INT 12 ———-2F4A10—————————– INT 2F - SMARTDRV v4.00+ - API
AX = 4A10h BX = command 0000h installation check and hit ratios Return: AX = BABEh if installed DX:BX = cache hits DI:SI = cache misses CX = ??? BP = version (4.00 = 0400h) 0001h reset cache 0002h flush buffers 0003h status BP = drive # (0=A, 1=B, etc.) DL = subfunction 00h only get information 01h turn on read cache 02h turn off read cache 03h turn on write cache 04h turn off write cache Return: AX = BABEh if OK DL = status bit 7 not cached bit 6 write-through bit 5 ??? bits 0-4 drive # (0=A, 1=B...) DL = FFh if drive does not exist Note: If the read cache is off, reads will not be cached, but writes will continue to be cached if the write- cache is enabled. 0004h cache size Return: AX = ??? BX = largest number of elements CX = size of elements in bytes DX = number of elements under Windows 0005h double-buffer status BP = drive # (0=A, 1=B...) Return: AX = BABEh if double-buffered 0007h ??? Return: DI = random number??? 000Ah get table pointer??? Return: ES:BX -> table of about 10 bytes or 5 words. Seems to be words pointing to memory addresses containing info??? (see below) 1234h signal serious error pops up a message box saying that a serious error occurred and to hit R to retry.
SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=4402h“SMARTDRV”,INT 21/AX=4403h“SMARTDRV”
Format of data table: Offset Size Description 00h 8 BYTEs ??? 08h WORD offset of WORD containing number of elements in cache ———-2F4B——————————- INT 2F - LAN Manager 2.0 DOS Enh NETWKSTA.EXE - NETWORK WORKSTATION REDIRECTOR
AH = 4Bh ???
Return: ??? Note: LAN Manager enhanced mode adds features beyond the standard redirector
file/printer services
SeeAlso: AX=118Ah,AH=41h,AH=42h ———-2F4B01—————————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 TASK SWITCHER - BUILD CALLOUT CHAIN
AX = 4B01h CX:DX -> task switcher entry point (see AX=4B02h) ES:BX = 0000h:0000h
Return: ES:BX → callback info structure (see below) or 0000h:0000h Notes: called by the task switcher
this function is hooked by clients which require notification of task switcher activities; the call must first be passed on to the prior handler with registers unchanged using a simulated interrupt. On return, the client must build a callback info structure and store the returned ES:BX in the "next" field, then return the address of its own callback info structure. a client program must add itself to the notification chain if it provides services to other programs; before terminating, it must remove itself from the chain by calling the task switcher's entry point with AX=0005h (see AX=4B02h) the task switcher entry point should not be saved, as it is subject to change and will be provided on any notification call the Windows 3.1 Standard Mode supports this API
SeeAlso: AX=4B02h
Format of callback info structure: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD pointer to next callback info structure 04h DWORD pointer to notification function (see below) 08h DWORD reserved 0Ch DWORD address of zero-terminated list of API info structures
(see AX=4B02h)
Notification function is called with:
AX = function 0000h switcher initialization Return: AX = 0000h if OK to load = nonzero to abort task switcher 0001h query suspend BX = session ID Return: AX = 0000h if OK to switch session = 0001h if not 0002h suspend session BX = session ID interrupts disabled Return: AX = 0000h if OK to switch session = 0001h if not 0003h activate session BX = session ID CX = session status flags bit 0: set if first activation of session bits 1-15: reserved (0) interrupts disabled Return: AX = 0000h 0004h session active BX = session ID CX = session status flags bit 0: set if first activation of session bits 1-15: reserved (0) Return: AX = 0000h 0005h create session BX = session ID Return: AX = 0000h if OK to create session = 0001h if not 0006h destroy session BX = session ID Return: AX = 0000h 0007h switcher termination BX = flags bit 0: set if calling switcher is only switcher loaded bits 1-15: reserved (0) Return: AX = 0000h ES:DI -> task switcher entry point (see AX=4B02h)
Notes: function 0000h is generally called by the program which controls or
invokes the task switcher, rather than by the task switcher itself; the entry point supplied to this function is not necessarily the entry point to the task switcher itself, and may be 0000h:0000h. If any client indicates that loading is not possible, all clients will be called with function 0007h; thus it is possible for a client to receive a termination notice without a corresponding initialization notice. except for functions 0002h and 0003h, the notification handler is called with interrupts enabled and may make any INT 21h function call; interrupts must not be enabled in functions 0002h and 0003h function 0007h may be called with ES:DI = 0000h:0000h if the entry point is no longer valid
———-2F4B02BX0000———————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 TASK SWITCHER - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 4B02h BX = 0000h ES:DI = 0000h:0000h
Return: ES:DI = 0000h:0000h if task switcher not loaded
ES:DI -> task switcher entry point (see below) if loaded AX = 0000h
Note: the returned entry point is that for the most-recently loaded task
switcher; the entry points for prior task switchers may be determined with the "get version" call (see below)
SeeAlso: AX=4A05h,AX=4B03h
Call task switcher entry point with:
AX = 0000h get version Return: CF clear if successful AX = 0000h ES:BX -> task switcher version struct (see below) CF set if unsupported function AX = 0001h test memory region ES:DI -> first byte to be tested CX = size of region to test Return: CF clear if successful AX = memory type of tested region 0000h global 0001h global and local 0002h local (replaced on session switch) CF set if unsupported function AX = 0002h suspend switcher ES:DI -> new task switcher's entry point Return: CF clear if successful AX = state 0000h switcher has been suspended 0001h switcher not suspended, new switcher must abort 0002h switcher not suspended, but new switcher may run anyway CF set if unsupported function AX = 0003h resume switcher ES:DI -> new task switcher's entry point Return: CF clear if successful AX = 0000h CF set if unsupported function AX = 0004h hook notification chain ES:DI -> callback info structure to be added to chain (see AX=4B01h) Return: CF clear if successful AX = 0000h CF set if unsupported function AX = 0005h unhook notification chain ES:DI -> callback info structure to be removed from chain (see AX=4B01h) Return: CF clear if successful AX = 0000h CF set if unsupported function AX = 0006h query API support BX = asynchronous API identifier Return: CF clear if successful AX = 0000h ES:BX -> API info structure (see below) for the client which provides the highest level of CF set if unsupported function
Format of task switcher version structure: Offset Size Description 00h WORD major version of supported protocol (current protocol is 1.0) 02h WORD minor version of supported protocol 04h WORD major version of task switcher 06h WORD minor version of task switcher 08h WORD task switcher ID (see AX=4B03h) 0Ah WORD operation flags
bit 0: set if task switcher disabled bits 1-15: reserved (0)
0Ch DWORD pointer to ASCIZ task switcher name
("MS-DOS Shell Task Switcher" for DOSSHELL task switcher)
10h DWORD pointer to previous task switcher's entry point or 0000h:0000h
Format of API info structure: Offset Size Description 00h WORD size of structure in bytes (000Ah) 02h WORD API identifier
0001h NetBIOS 0002h 802.2 0003h TCP/IP 0004h LAN Manager named pipes 0005h Novell NetWare IPX
04h WORD major version \ of highest version of API for which the support 06h WORD minor version / level specified in the next field is provided 08h WORD support level
0001h minimal support 0002h API-level support 0003h switcher compatibility 0004h seamless compatibility
———-2F4B03—————————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 TASK SWITCHER - ALLOCATE SWITCHER ID
AX = 4B03h ES:DI -> task switcher entry point (see AX=4B02h)
Return: AX = 0000h
BX = switcher ID (0001h-000Fh), or 0000h if no more available
Notes: if a task switcher has determined that it is the first to be loaded, it
must allocate an identifier for itself and provide this function to all subsequent task switchers; if it is not the first to be loaded, it must call this function to allocate an ID. The switcher ID is used as the high four bits of all session identifiers to ensure unique session IDs. if no more switcher IDs are available, the new task switcher making the call must terminate or disable itself the task switcher providing the identifiers may call the new task switcher's entry point as needed this call is available from within DOSSHELL even if the task switcher is not installed
SeeAlso: AX=4B02h,AX=4B04h ———-2F4B04—————————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 TASK SWITCHER - FREE SWITCHER ID
AX = 4B04h BX = switcher ID ES:DI -> task switcher entry point (see AX=4B02h)
Return: AX = 0000h
BX = status 0000h successful other error (invalid ID or ID not allocated)
Notes: called by a task switcher when it exits, unless it was the first loaded
and is providing the support for AX=4B03h and AX=4B04h the task switcher providing the identifiers may call the terminating task switcher's entry point as needed this call is available from within DOSSHELL even if the task switcher is not installed
SeeAlso: AX=4B02h,AX=4B03h ———-2F4B05—————————– INT 2F - DOS v5.0 DOSSHELL TASK SWITCHER - IDENTIFY INSTANCE DATA
AX = 4B05h ES:BX = 0000h:0000h CX:DX -> task switcher entry point (see AX=4B02h)
Return: ES:BX → startup info structure (see below) or 0000h:0000h Notes: called by task switcher
clients with instance data should hook this call, pass it through to the previous handler with unchanged registers using a simulated interrupt. On return, the client should create a startup info structure (see below), store the returned ES:BX in the "next" field, and return the address of the created structure in ES:BX all MSDOS function calls are available from within this call
SeeAlso: AX=1605h,AX=4B02h
Format of startup info structure: Offset Size Description 00h 2 BYTEs major, minor version of info structure (03h,00h) 02h DWORD pointer to next startup info structure or 0000h:0000h 06h DWORD 0000h:0000h (ignored) 0Ah DWORD ignored 0Eh DWORD pointer to instance data records
Format of one instance data record in array: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD address of instance data (end of array if 0000h:0000h) 04h WORD size of instance data ———-2F53——————————- INT 2F U - ???
AH = 53h AL = subfunction (0Bh, maybe others???)
Return: ??? Note: called by MS Windows 3.1 POWER.DRV; hooked by MS Mouse driver v8.20+ SeeAlso: AH=54h,INT 33/AX=002Fh ———-2F54——————————- INT 2F U - ???
AH = 54h AL = subfunction (00h, 01h, maybe others???)
Return: ??? Note: called by MS Windows 3.1 POWER.DRV SeeAlso: AH=53h ———-2F5453—————————– INT 2F - TesSeRact RAM-RESIDENT PROGRAM INTERFACE
AX = 5453h BX = subfunction 00h installation check CX = 0000h DS:SI -> 8-char blank-padded name Return: AX = FFFFh installed CX = ID number of already-installed copy = anything else, not installed CX = ID number for TSR when installed 01h get user parameters CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = 0000h successful ES:BX -> user parameter block (see below) = nonzero failed 02h check if hotkey in use CL = scan code of hot key Return: AX = FFFFh hot key conflicts with another TSR otherwise safe to use the hotkey 03h replace default critical error handler CX = TSR ID number DS:SI -> new routine for INT 24h Return: AX = nonzero, unable to install new handler 04h get internal data area CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = 0000h ES:BX -> TSR's internal data area (see below) = nonzero, TSR not found 05h set multiple hot keys CX = TSR ID number DL = number of additional hot keys to allocate DS:SI -> table of hot keys BYTE hotkey scan code BYTE hotkey shift state BYTE flag value to pass to TSR (nonzero) Return: AX = nonzero, unable to install hot keys 06h - 0Fh reserved 10h enable TSR CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = nonzero, unable to enable 11h disable TSR CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = nonzero, unable to disable 12h unload TSR CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = nonzero, invalid TSR number Note: if any interrupts used by TSR have been grabbed by another TSR, the TesSeRact routines will wait until it is safe to remove the indicated TSR from memory 13h restart TSR CX = TSR ID number of TSR which was unloaded but is still in memory Return: AX = nonzero, unable to restart TSR 14h get status word CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = FFFFh invalid ID number = other, successful BX = bit flags 15h set status word CX = TSR ID number DX = new bit flags Return: AX = nonzero, unable to set status word 16h get INDOS state at popup CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = 0000h successful BX = value of INDOS flag 17h - 1Fh reserved 20h call user procedure CX = TSR ID number ES:DI -> user-defined data Return: AX = 0000h successful 21h stuff keystrokes into keyboard buffer CX = TSR ID number DL = speed 00h stuff keystrokes only when buffer is empty 01h stuff up to four keystrokes per clock tick 02h stuff up to 15 keystrokes per clock tick DH = scan code flag if zero, buffer contains alternating ASCII and scan codes if nonzero, buffer contains only ASCII codes SI = number of keystrokes ES:DI -> buffer to stuff Return: AX = 0000h success F0F0h user aborted with ^C or ^Break other unable to stuff keystrokes 22h (v1.10) trigger popup CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = 0000h success, TSR will either pop up or beep to indicate that it is unable to pop up nonzero invalid ID number 23h (v1.10) invoke TSR's background function CX = TSR ID number Return: AX = 0000h success FFFFh not safe to call background function nonzero invalid ID number 24h - 2Fh reserved
Notes: Borland's THELP.COM popup help system for Turbo Pascal and Turbo C
(versions 1.x and 2.x only) fully supports the TesSeRact API, as do the SWAP?? programs by Innovative Data Concepts. AVATAR.SYS supports functions 00h and 01h (only the first three fields of the user parameter block) using the name "AVATAR "
SeeAlso: AX=CAFEh
Format of User Parameter Block: Offset Size Description 00h 8 BYTEs blank-padded TSR name 08h WORD TSR ID number 0Ah DWORD bitmap of supported functions 0Eh BYTE scan code of primary hotkey
00h = pop up when shift states match FFh = no popup (if shift state also FFh)
0Fh BYTE shift state of primary hotkey
FFh = no popup (if scan code also FFh)
10h BYTE number of secondary hotkeys 11h DWORD pointer to extra hotkeys set by func 05h 15h WORD current TSR status flags 17h WORD PSP segment of TSR 19h DWORD DTA for TSR 1Dh WORD default DS for TSR 1Fh DWORD stack at popup 23h DWORD stack at background invocation
Format of TSR internal data area: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE revision level of TesSeRact library 01h BYTE type of popup in effect 02h BYTE INT 08 occurred since last invocation 03h BYTE INT 13 occurred since last invocation 04h BYTE active interrupts 05h BYTE active soft interrupts 06h BYTE DOS major version 07h BYTE how long to wait before popping up 08h DWORD pointer to INDOS flag 0CH DWORD pointer to DOS critical error flag 10h WORD PSP segment of interrupted program 12h WORD PSP segment of prog interrupted by INT 28 14h DWORD DTA of interrupted program 18h DWORD DTA of program interrupted by INT 28 1Ch WORD SS of interrupted program 1Eh WORD SP of interrupted program 20h WORD SS of program interrupted by INT 28 22h WORD SP of program interrupted by INT 28 24h DWORD INT 24 of interrupted program 28h 3 WORDs DOS 3+ extended error info 2Eh BYTE old BREAK setting 2Fh BYTE old VERIFY setting 30h BYTE were running MS WORD 4.0 before popup 31h BYTE MS WORD 4.0 special popup flag 32h BYTE enhanced keyboard call in use 33h BYTE delay for MS WORD 4.0 11 times (for INTs 08h,09h,13h,16h,1Ch,21h,28h,2Fh,1Bh,23h, and 24h):
DWORD old interrupt vector BYTE interrupt number WORD offset in TesSeRact code segment of new interrupt handler
———-2F5500—————————– INT 2F U - DOS v5.0 - COMMAND.COM INTERFACE
AX = 5500h
Return: AX = 0000h
DS:SI -> entry point table
Notes: used to access the shareable portion of COMMAND.COM, which may have
been moved into the HMA; only the primary COMMAND.COM retains this portion procedures called from a dispatcher in COMMAND's resident portion; most assume that the segment address of the resident portion is on the stack and are thus not of general use
———-2F6282—————————– INT 2F U - PC Tools v7.0+ VDEFEND, DATAMON - SET ??? ADDRESS
AX = 6282h CX:DX -> ??? or 0000h:0000h DI = 0000h ??? FFFFh ??? other segment of ???
Return: BX = 0062h Note: if CX:DX = 0000h:0000h on entry, the ??? address is not changed
(DATAMON only)
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=FAh“VDEFEND” ———-2F6284BX0000———————– INT 2F U - PC Tools v7.0+ DATAMON - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 6284h BX = 0000h CX = 0000h
Return: AX = segment of resident code
BX = 5555h CX = 5555h
———-2F6284BX0001———————– INT 2F U - PC Tools v7.0+ DATAMON - GET ???
AX = 6284h BX = 0001h CX = 0001h
Return: AX:BX → ???
CX = BX
———-2F6284BX0002———————– INT 2F U - PC Tools v7.0+ DATAMON - GET ???
AX = 6284h BX = 0002h CX = 0002h
Return: AX = ???
BX = ??? CX = AX DX = BX
———-2F6284BX0003———————– INT 2F U - PC Tools v7.0+ DATAMON - SET ??? FLAGS
AX = 6284h BX = 0003h CX = flags bit 12: ??? 10: ??? 5: ??? 3: ??? DX = flags bit 15: ???
———-2F6400—————————– INT 2F - SCRNSAV2.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 6400h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
FFh installed
Note: SCRNSAV2.COM is a screen saver for PS/2's with VGA by Alan Ballard SeeAlso: INT 10/AX=5555h ———-2F7200—————————– INT 2F - SRDISK v1.30 - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 7200h
Return: AL = FFh if installed
ES = segment of device driver header (see below)
Note: SRDISK is a freeware resizeable RAMdisk by Marko Kohtala
Format of device driver header: Offset Size Description 00h 10 BYTEs same as standard device driver header (see INT 21/AH=52h) 0Ah BYTE number of subunits (drives) supported by driver 0Bh 3 BYTEs signature “SRD” 0Eh 4 BYTEs memory type string (currently only “XMS ”) 12h 4 BYTEs ASCII driver version string “N.NN” 16h BYTE 00h 17h BYTE configuration format version (currently 00h) 18h WORD offset of drive configuration data ———-2F7A00—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - LOW-LEVEL API (IPX) INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 7A00h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
= FFh installed ES:DI -> FAR entry point for routines accessed exclusively through INT 7A in NetWare versions through 2.0a. Call with same values as INT 7A
SeeAlso: AX=7AFFh/BX=0000h,AX=D800h,INT 64“Novell”,INT 7A“Novell” ———-2F7A10—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - TBMI v2.0 - GET TBMI STATUS
AX = 7A10h
Return: DH = major TBMI version number
DL = minor TBMI version number CX = segment address of TBMI resident part BX = status word of TBMI bit 0: INT2F intercepted by TBMI bit 1: INT7A intercepted by TBMI bit 2: INT64 intercepted by TBMI bits 3-14: reserved or unused ??? bit 15: outstanding task ID was detected
Note: TBMI is the Task-Switched Buffer Manager Interface SeeAlso: AX=7A11h,AX=7A12h,AX=7A13h,AX=7A14h ———-2F7A11—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - TBMI v2.0 - GET INT2F HANDLERS
AX = 7A11h
Return: ES:BX → old INT 2F handler
DS:DX -> TBMI INT 2F handler
SeeAlso: AX=7A10h,AX=7A12h,AX=7A13h ———-2F7A12—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - TBMI v2.0 - GET INT64 HANDLERS
AX = 7A12h
Return: ES:BX → old INT 64 handler
DS:DX -> TBMI INT 64 handler
SeeAlso: AX=7A10h,AX=7A11h,AX=7A13h ———-2F7A13—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - TBMI v2.0 - GET INT7A HANDLERS
AX = 7A13h
Return: ES:BX = old INT 7A handler
DS:DX = TBMI INT 7A handler
SeeAlso: AX=7A10h,AX=7A11h,AX=7A12h ———-2F7A14—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - TBMI v2.0 - GET STATISTICS
AX = 7A14h CX = statistic to retrieve 0000h available diagnostic functions??? Return: CX = maximum available function??? (000Ch for v2.0) 0001h buffers in use Return: CX = TBMI buffers currently in use 0002h maximum buffers used Return: CX = maximum number of buffers ever in use 0003h unavailable buffers Return: CX = count of unavailable TBMI buffers 0004h old interrupt usage Return: CX = TBMI accesses to intercepted old vectors INT 2F, INT 64, and INT 7A 0005h far call usage Return: CX = TBMI accesses to IPX/SPX far call handler (not including internal accesses) 0006h task buffering Return: CX = TBMI task buffering status (enabled/disabled or disable/enable switch count???) 0007h current task ID Return: CX = TBMI current task ID number (0000h if ???) 0008h outstanding ID count Return: CX = number of outstanding TBMI IDs 0009h configured ECBs Return: CX = number of TBMI Event Control Blocks configured 000Ah configured data ECBs Return: CX = number of TBMI data ECBs configured 000Bh configured sockets Return: CX = number of TBMI sockets configured (from NETCFG) 000Ch current sockets Return: CX = number of TBMI sockets currently in use
SeeAlso: AX=7A10h ———-2F7A1B—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - TBMI v2.0 - RESERVED???
AX = 7A1Bh
Note: this call merely performs an IRET ———-2F7A80—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - shell 3.01d - ???
AX = 7A80h
Return: nothing Note: apparently called on abnormal exit of the shell ———-2F7A81—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - shell 3.01d - ???
AX = 7A81h CX:DX -> ??? in shell's CS (may be callback address or data structure)
Return: nothing??? ———-2F7A85—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - shell 3.01 - BROADCAST INFORM
AX = 7A85h CX = broadcast server number
Return: CX = 0000h if broadcast message handled by another program
CX unchanged if broadcast not handled
———-2F7AFE—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - shell 3.01d - ???
AX = 7AFEh
Return: AL = FFh ???
other ???
———-2F7AFFBX0000———————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - TBMI v2.0 - INSTALLATION CHECK???
AX = 7AFFh BX = 0000h CX = 4E65h ("Ne") DX = 7457h ("tW") ES:DI -> IPX/SPX special handler (XMS/EMS ???)
Return: AL = FFh if installed
CX = configured sockets (14h) DS:SI -> data table ??? ES:DI -> IPX far call handler
Note: for IPX/SPX this call reportedly returns DS:DI pointing to the table
of pointers to service events queue head and tail
SeeAlso: AX=7AFFh/BX=0001h ———-2F7AFFBX0001———————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare - TBMI v2.0, shell v3.01d - INSTALLATION CHECK???
AX = 7AFFh BX = 0001h CX = 4E65h ("Ne") DX = 7457h ("tW")
Return: AL = FFh if installed
CX = ??? (8000h) SI = ??? (or -> ???) (0002h) ES:DI -> IPX far call handler ES:DX -> 6-byte data area ???
SeeAlso: AX=7AFFh/BX=0000h ———-2F7F24—————————– INT 2F - Multiplex - ???
AX = 7F24h ???
Return: ??? Note: called by PC/370, an IBM 370 emulator by Donald S. Higgins ———-2F7F26—————————– INT 2F - Multiplex - ???
AX = 7F26h ???
Return: ??? Note: called by PC/370, an IBM 370 emulator by Donald S. Higgins
Interrupt List, part 5 of 7 This compilation is Copyright © 1989,1990,1991,1992 Ralf Brown ———-2F8000—————————– INT 2F - EASY-NET - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 8000h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
FFh installed
Note: EASY-NET is a shareware two-machine serial-port network ———-2F8000—————————– INT 2F - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET server - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 8000h
Return: AL = FFh if installed
BX = CS of resident code CX = ??? (03FCh)
Note: TurboNET is a NetBIOS-based file redirector and server; a demonstration
version may be downloaded from Nanosoft's BBS
SeeAlso: AX=8100h ———-2F8000DX0000———————– INT 2F - FaxBIOS interface - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 8000h DX = 0000h DI = 0000h
Return: AL = FFh if installed
DX:DI -> signature "FaxBiosjpc"
Note: FaxBIOS may use any multiplex number from 80h through FFh; to determine
whether it is installed, it is necessary to poll all multiplex numbers for one which returns the above signature
SeeAlso: AH=2Ah,AX=80FBh ———-2F8001—————————– INT 2F - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET server - ???
AX = 8001h DS:SI -> 16-byte buffer for ???
Return: AH = status
00h successful 01h error
Note: makes NetBIOS calls ———-2F80FB—————————– INT 2F - FaxBIOS interface - COMMAND SUBMISSION
AX = 80FBh BX = function number (see below) DX:DI -> command buffer (see below)
Return: AL = FFh if submitted OK
CX = result code (see below)
Note: FaxBIOS may use any multiplex number from 80h through FFh SeeAlso: AX=8000h“FaxBIOS”,AX=CBDDh
Values for function number: 0001h SYS_LOGIN 0002h SYS_LOGOUT 0003h SYS_GET_FAXAPP_INFO 0004h STAT_IO_GET 0005h STAT_FAXBIOS_GET 0006h PDIR_OPEN 0007h PDIR_CLOSE 0008h PDIR_READ_PERSON 0009h PDIR_PARTIAL_READ 000Ah PDIR_READ_GROUP 000Bh PDIR_READ_MEMBER_LIST 000Ch PDIR_WRITE_PERSON 000Dh PDIR_WRITE_GROUP 000Eh PDIR_DELETE_PERSON 000Fh PDIR_DELETE_GROUP 0010h PDIR_READ_GROUP_LIST 0011h PDIR_IN_GROUP 0012h PDIR_OUT_GROUP 0013h SCHED_OPEN 0014h SCHED_ADD_DEST 0015h SCHED_ADD_FILE 0016h SCHED_SET_PARAMS 0017h SCHED_CANCEL 0018h SCHED_CLOSE 0019h SLOG_OPEN 001Ah SLOG_CLOSE 001Bh SLOG_SHORT_ENV_STAT 001Ch SLOG_LONG_ENV_STAT 001Dh SLOG_DEST_STAT 001Eh SLOG_FILE_STAT 001Fh SLOG_CANCEL_ENV 0020h RLOG_OPEN 0021h RLOG_CLOSE 0022h RLOG_READ 0023h GRAPH_GET_FILE_TYPE 0024h GRAPH_EXPORT_FILE 0025h GRAPH_GET_LAYOUT_INFO 0026h GRAPH_CREATE_FILE 0027h GRAPH_CLOSE_FILE 0028h GRAPH_CREATE_PAGE 0029h GRAPH_WRITE 002Ah GRAPH_END_PAGE 002Bh GRAPH_OPEN_FILE 002Ch GRAPH_GOTO_PAGE 002Dh GRAPH_READ 002Eh IOCTL_GET 002Fh IOCTL_SET 0030h IOCTL_ANSWER_FAX 0031h IOCTL_DIAL
Values for result code: 0000h successful 0001h not prepared or servicing another client (busy) 0002h call failed due to sharing (LOCKED) 0003h logged-in client limit reached (FULL) 0004h transport denied (TRANSPORT_DENIED) 0005h not implemented (NOT_IMPLEMENTED) 0006h aborted while in progress (ABORTED) 0007h permissions denied (PERMISSION_DENIED) 0008h requested data is no longer valid (NO_LONGER_VALID) 0080h unspecified system error occurred 0081h an internal file was not found 0082h an internal file could not be created 0083h an internal file could not be opened 0084h an internal file could not be closed 0085h error occurred writing to an internal file 0086h error occurred reading from an internal file 0087h bad or corrupted file encountered 0088h an access violation occurred 0089h an internal file is empty 008Ah insufficient memory to process request 008Bh FaxBIOS was unable to issue a handle 008Ch an error internal to FaxBIOS occurred 008Dh no room on disk 0100h unspecified error accessing client file 0101h file not found 0102h creation fault 0103h open fault 0104h close fault 0105h write fault 0106h read fault 0107h file corrupted 0108h access violation 0109h empty file 0200h unspecified argument error 0201h bad function 0202h bad option 0203h bad structure size 0204h bad buffer size 0205h bad client ID 0300h unspecified error with token 0301h cover sheet token was invalid 0302h logo token was invalid 0303h signature token was invalid 0304h font token was invalid 0305h phone directory token was invalid 0306h outbound route token was invalid 0307h priority token was invalid 0308h sort token was invalid 0309h billing token was invalid 0400h unspecified handle error 0401h bad Phone Directory handle 0402h bad scheduling handle 0403h bad read send log handle 0404h bad read receive log handle 0405h bad graphics handle 0500h data passed in structure was invalid 0501h name field given is invalid 0502h phone number given is invalid 0503h poll code submitted is invalid 0504h file type constant was invalid 0505h BFT constant not defined or supported 0506h resolution not defined or supported 0507h page length not defined or supported 0508h page width not defined or supported 0509h date & time requested are ridiculous 050Ah Subject text was not an ASCIIZ string 050Bh From text was not an ASCIIZ string 050Ch requested envelope ID was not found 050Dh requested envelope ID is not valid 050Eh envelope requested was not found 050Fh destination index is out of range 0510h file index is out of range 0511h index into receive log is out of range 0512h file name specified was incomplete or invalid 0513h page selected was out of range 0514h bit width more than byte width 0515h mode for open is not defined 0516h person index is out of range 0517h person ID is out of range 0518h group index out of range or invalid 0519h group ID out of range or invalid 051Ah range of indices to read is invalid 051Bh group name given is invalid 051Ch field_to_use is badly specified 051Dh predicate invalid for field specified 0600h unspecified client procedure error 0601h device of interest is not present 0602h device of interest has been removed 0603h device of interest is not responding 0604h device of interest is disabled 0605h could not dial because device was in use 0606h maximum destination limit exceeded 0607h maximum file limit exceeded 0608h scheduling closed with no destination 0609h scheduling closed with no files or poll 060Ah scheduling closed with no parameters specified 060Bh file type specified does not match file 060Ch file type specified is not supported 060Dh file submitted is not exportable 060Eh file type specified is not imageable 060Fh error converting file 0610h envelope could not be cancelled 0611h Phone Directory is full 0612h record is already in the Phone Directory 0613h selected group in Phone Directory is full 0614h person is already in the group 0615h person is not in the group & cannot be removed 0616h a graphics file to be created already exists 0617h a grphics file to be read is empty 0618h GRAPH_CREATE_PAGE called before GRAPH_END_PAGE 0619h graph read or write attempted without goto or create 061Ah graph page contains no data 061Bh Phone Directory is already open for this client 061Ch schedule log is already open for this client 061Dh receive log is aready open for this client 061Eh Phone Directory function requires write mode 0800h denied exclusive use of the API
Format of SYS_LOGIN command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h WORD structure size 02h WORD function number 04h WORD return code 06h WORD client ID 08h WORD API Major Version 0Ah WORD API Minor Version 0Ch DWORD reserved for manufacturer's use 10h 22 BYTEs manufacturer's ID 26h WORD highest possible device number 28h WORD maximum destinations per envelope 2Ah WORD maximum files per envelope 2Ch WORD FaxBIOS capabilities bitmap bit 0: transmit supported
bit 1: receive supported bit 2: IOCTL supported bit 3: IOCTL_DIAL supported bit 4: IOCTL_ANSWER_FAX supported bit 5: manual transmit supported bit 6: optional phone services supported bit 7: canonical phone objects bit 8: seam with next supported
2Eh DWORD T.30 capabilities bitmap bit 0: low vertical resolution (minimum)
bit 1: high vertical resolution bit 2: page width 107mm (4.21 in) bit 3: page width 151mm (5.91 in) bit 4: page width 215mm (8.46 in) (minimum) bit 5: page width 255mm (10.04 in) bit 6: page width 303mm (11.93 in) bit 7: unused bit 8: page length 297mm (11.69 in) (minimum) bit 9: page length 364mm (14.33 in) bit 10: page length 279mm (11 in) bit 11: page length unlimited bit 12: Group 4 resolution 300x300 bit 13: Group 4 resolution 400x400 bit 14: able to respond to poll from remote bit 15: able to poll remote bit 16: binary file transfer supported
32h WORD IPC handle 34h DWORD amount of memory needed to load 38h WORD scope (00h for public, nonzero for private) 3Ah 6 BYTEs future expansion 40h WORD structure size
Format of SYS_LOGOUT command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h WORD structure size 02h WORD function number 04h WORD return code 06h WORD client ID 08h DWORD client tag (for client's internal use) 0Ch 6 BYTEs future expansion 12h WORD structure size
Format of SYS_GET_FAXAPP_INFO command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch 80 BYTEs FaxBIOS data 5Ch 80 BYTEs default cover ACh 80 BYTEs default logo FCh 80 BYTEs default signature 14Ch 80 BYTEs default font 10 19Ch 80 BYTEs default font 165 1ECh 80 BYTEs default user font 23Ch 80 BYTEs default Pdir 28Ch 80 BYTEs default sort 2DCh 10 BYTEs default bill 2E6h 10 BYTEs default route 2F0h 40 BYTEs default cover sheet form 318h 34 BYTEs valid dial characters 33Ah 6 BYTEs local country code 340h 6 BYTEs local city or area code 346h 6 BYTEs future expansion 34Ch WORD structure size
Format of STAT_IO_GET command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD device number 0Eh WORD current activity 10h WORD number of rings (if ringing) 12h WORD number of fascimiles transmitted 14h WORD number of fascimiles received 16h WORD status of last transmission 18h WORD envelope number of last transmission 1Ah WORD index of last destination in envelope 1Ch WORD status of last reception 1Eh WORD current page (if session in progress) 20h 80 BYTEs current file 70h104 BYTEs remote number D8h 20 BYTEs last name ECh 20 BYTEs first name 100h 32 BYTEs company name 120h 32 BYTEs notes 140h WORD current envelope ID (if sending) 142h WORD total pages in transmission (if sending) 144h 6 BYTEs future expansion 14h WORD structure size
Format of STAT_FAXBIOS_GET command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD status ID 0Eh WORD currenty FaxBIOS function number 10h WORD current Client ID being serviced 12h WORD number of things to do 14h WORD number of them done 16h WORD number of pages to do (if any) 18h WORD number of them done 1Ah WORD number of files to do 1Ch WORD number of them done 1Eh 80 BYTEs current File 6Eh WORD 0 if all devices are idle 70h WORD number of fascimiles transmitted 72h WORD number of fascimiles received 74h WORD status of last transmission in system 76h WORD envelope ID of last transmission 78h WORD index of last destination in envelope 7Ah WORD status of last reception in system 7Ch DWORD time of next transmission 80h 6 BYTEs future expansion 86h WORD structure size
Format of PDIR_OPEN command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch 80 BYTEs Phone Directory token 5Ch 80 BYTEs sort order token ACh WORD open Mode (0 = read, 1 = write) AEh WORD Phone Directory handle B0h WORD number of people B2h WORD number of groups B4h WORD bitmap of fields supported by partial read B6h 6 BYTEs future expansion BCh WORD structure size
Format of PDIR_CLOSE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD Phone Directory handle 0Eh 6 BYTEs future expansion 14h WORD structure size
Format of PDIR_READ_PERSON command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD Phone Directory handle 0Eh WORD retrieve by index 10h WORD person ID or index 12h WORD how many groups person is in 14h WORD person ID 16h 20 BYTEs last name 2Ah 20 BYTEs first name 3Eh 32 BYTEs company 5Eh 32 BYTEs notes 7Eh 6 BYTEs FAX country code 84h 6 BYTEs FAX city/area code 8Ah 14 BYTEs FAX local number 98h 14 BYTEs FAX extension A6h 24 BYTEs reserved BEh 6 BYTEs voice country code C4h 6 BYTEs voice city/area code CAh 14 BYTEs voice local number D8h 14 BYTEs voice extension E6h 24 BYTEs reserved FEh 10 BYTEs outbound routing information 108h 10 BYTEs billing information, credit card etc 112h DWORD remote FAX capabilities 116h 21 BYTEs T.30 poll code of FAX number 12Bh 15 BYTEs reserved 13Ah 6 BYTEs future expansion 140h WORD structure size
Format of SCHED_OPEN, SCHED_CANCEL command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD scheduler handle 0Eh 6 BYTEs future expansion 14h WORD structure size
Format of SCHED_ADD_DEST command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD schedule handle 0Eh WORD device number if manual send wanted 10h WORD non-zero if poll desired 12h WORD person ID 14h 20 BYTEs last name 28h 20 BYTEs first name 3Ch 32 BYTEs company 5Ch 32 BYTEs notes 7Ch 6 BYTEs FAX country code 82h 6 BYTEs FAX city/area code 88h 14 BYTEs FAX local number 96h 14 BYTEs FAX extension A4h 24 BYTEs reserved BCh 6 BYTEs voice country code C2h 6 BYTEs voice city/area code C8h 14 BYTEs voice local number D6h 14 BYTEs voice extension E4h 24 BYTEs reserved FCh 10 BYTEs outbound routing information 106h 10 BYTEs billing information, credit card etc 110h DWORD remote FAX capabilities 114h 21 BYTEs T.30 poll code of FAX number 129h 15 BYTEs reserved 138h 6 BYTEs future expansion 13Eh WORD structure size
Format of SCHED_ADD_FILE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD schedule handle 0Eh WORD file type
0000h unidentified 0001h native file format 0002h ASCII 0003h FaxBIOS Tiff Class F
10h 80 BYTEs file name 60h 80 BYTEs font token B0h WORD conversion options bitmap B2h WORD resolution
0000h standard 98 lines per inch, 204 dpi 0001h fine 196 lines per inch, 204 dpi 0002h Group4 300 dpi 0003h Group4 400 dpi
B4h WORD page length
0000h 279 mm (11 in) 0001h 297 mm (11.69 in) 0002h 364 mm (14.33 in) 0003h unlimited
B6h WORD page width
0000h 215 mm (8.46 in) 0001h 255 mm (10.04 in) 0002h 303 mm (11.93 in) 0003h 151 mm (5.91 in) 0004h 107 mm (4.21 in)
B8h WORD binary file transfer specification
0000h only as FAX 0001h only as file (for non-faxable files) 0002h as file when possible else FAX
BAh WORD seam flag (nonzero for seam with next) BCh WORD delete flag (nonzero to delete when done) BEh 6 BYTEs future expansion C4h WORD structure size
Format of SCHED_SET_PARAMS command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD scheduler handle 0Eh DWORD time to send 10h 10 BYTEs priority token 1Ch 80 BYTEs logo file token 6Ch 80 BYTEs signature file token BCh 80 BYTEs cover page token 10Ch 40 BYTEs Subject text 134h 40 BYTEs From text 15Ch WORD user ID 15Eh 6 BYTEs future expansion 164h WORD structure size
Format of SCHED_CLOSE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD scheduler handle 0Eh WORD envelope ID generated 10h 6 BYTEs future expansion 16h WORD structure size
Format of SLOG_OPEN, SLOG_CLOSE, RLOG_OPEN, RLOG_CLOSE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD log handle 0Eh WORD number of entries 10h 6 BYTEs future expansion 16h WORD structure size
Format of GRAPH_GET_FILE_TYPE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch 80 BYTEs filename 5Ch WORD file type
0000h unidentified 0001h native file format 0002h ASCII 0003h FaxBIOS Tiff Class F
5Eh WORD bitmap of supported capabilities 60h 6 BYTEs future expansion 66h WORD structure size
Format of GRAPH_CREATE_FILE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch 80 BYTEs filename 5Ch WORD graph handle 5Eh 6 BYTEs future expansion 64h WORD structure size
Format of GRAPH_CLOSE_FILE, GRAPH_END_PAGE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD graph handle 0Eh 6 BYTEs future expansion 14h WORD structure size
Format of GRAPH_CREATE_PAGE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD graph handle 0Eh WORD resolution 10h WORD page width 12h 6 BYTEs future expansion 18h WORD structure size
Format of GRAPH_WRITE_PAGE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD graph handle 0Eh DWORD pointer to storage for image 12h WORD band height in lines 14h WORD width of page image in bytes 16h WORD facsimile page width constant 18h WORD width of page image in bits 1Ah WORD number of bytes actually processed 1Ch 6 BYTEs future expansion 22h WORD structure size
Format of GRAPH_OPEN_FILE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch 80 BYTEs filename 5Ch WORD file type 5Eh WORD graph handle 60h WORD number of pages 62h 6 BYTEs future expansion 68h WORD structure size
Format of GRAPH_GOTO_PAGE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD graph handle 0Eh WORD page number 10h WORD vertical resolution 12h WORD page width 14h DWORD page length 18h 6 BYTEs future expansion 1Eh WORD structure size
Format of GRAPH_READ_PAGE command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD graph handle 0Eh DWORD pointer to storage for image 12h WORD band height in lines 14h WORD width of page image in bytes 16h WORD facsimile page width constant 18h WORD width of page image in bits 1Ah WORD number of bytes actually processed 1Ch 6 BYTEs future expansion 22h WORD structure size
Format of IOCTL_ANSWER_FAX command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD device number 0Eh 6 BYTEs future expansion 14h WORD structure size
Format of IOCTL_DIAL command buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs common data (see SYS_LOGOUT above) 0Ch WORD device number 0Eh 6 BYTEs country code 14h 6 BYTEs city or area code 1Ah 14 BYTEs local number 28h 14 BYTEs extension 36h 14 BYTEs reserved 4Eh 6 BYTEs future expansion 54h WORD structure size ———-2F8100—————————– INT 2F U - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET redirector - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 8100h
Return: AL = FFh if installed Note: TurboNET is a NetBIOS-based file redirector and server; a demonstration
version may be downloaded from Nanosoft's BBS
SeeAlso: AX=8000h“TurboNET” ———-2F8101—————————– INT 2F U - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET redirector - ???
AX = 8101h
Return: AL = ???
DL = ???
———-2F8102—————————– INT 2F U - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET redirector - ???
AX = 8102h
Return: AL = ???
DL = ???
———-2F8103—————————– INT 2F U - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET redirector - GET MACHINE NAME???
AX = 8103h ES:DI -> 17-byte buffer
Return: buffer filled ———-2F8104—————————– INT 2F U - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET redirector - ???
AX = 8104h BL = ??? BH = ??? CX = ??? DX = ??? DS:SI -> 16-byte buffer containing ???
Return: AL = 00h ??? ———-2F8105—————————– INT 2F U - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET redirector - ???
AX = 8105h CX = ??? (don't change current value if 0000h) DX = ??? (don't change current value if 0000h)
Return: AL = 00h successful ———-2F82——————————- INT 2F U - Nanosoft, Inc. TurboNET - ???
AH = 82h ???
Return: ??? Note: called by TNR.EXE, the TurboNET redirector configuration program SeeAlso: AX=8100h ———-2F8200—————————– INT 2F - RESPLAY - SAMPLE/PLAYBACK
AX = 8200h DX:DI -> start of sample space CX:BX = length in bytes
Return: AX = status
1000h successful 2000h not initialized (see AX=8210h) other RESPLAY not installed
Note: RESPLAY is a freeware sound sampling/playback utility by Mark J. Cox SeeAlso: AX=8201h,AX=8210h ———-2F8201—————————– INT 2F - RESPLAY - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 8201h
Return: AX = 7746h if installed SeeAlso: AX=8202h ———-2F8202—————————– INT 2F - RESPLAY - UNINSTALL
AX = 8202h
Return: AX = status
1000h successful
SeeAlso: AX=8201h ———-2F8210—————————– INT 2F - RESPLAY - INITIALIZE
AX = 8210h BL = sound device 00h printer port LPT1 01h printer port LPT2 02h prototype board at I/O address 0300h 03h printer port (alternative LPT1) 04h internal speaker BH = sample rate in multiples of 250 Hz (14h to A0h) CL = direction 00h playback 01h sample
Return: AX = status
1000h successful 2000h parameter out of range other RESPLAY not installed
SeeAlso: AX=8200h ———-2F86——————————- INT 2F U - ???
AH = 86h AL = function (at least 06h and 07h) ???
Return: ??? Note: called by Codeview for Windows SeeAlso: AH=44h ———-2F8900—————————– INT 2F - WHOA!.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 8900h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
= FFh installed
Note: WHOA!.COM is a system slow-down utility by Brad D Crandall SeeAlso: AX=8901h,AX=8902h ———-2F8901—————————– INT 2F - WHOA!.COM - UNINSTALL
AX = 8901h
Return: AL = FDh successful
= FEh error
Note: WHOA!.COM is a system slow-down utility by Brad D Crandall SeeAlso: AX=8900h ———-2F8902—————————– INT 2F - WHOA!.COM - SET DELAY COUNT
AX = 8902h BX = delay count (larger values slow system down more)
Return: AL = FDh successful
= FEh error
Note: WHOA!.COM is a system slow-down utility by Brad D Crandall SeeAlso: AX=8900h ———-2F9000—————————– INT 2F U - RAID - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = 9000h
Return: AL = FFh if installed Note: RAID (Resident AID) is a TSR utility program by Ross Neilson Wentworth
that resides mostly in EMS
———-2F9001—————————– INT 2F U - RAID - GET ???
AX = 9001h
Return: DX:AX → ??? SeeAlso: AX=9000h ———-2F9002—————————– INT 2F U - RAID - GET RESIDENT SEGMENT
AX = 9002h
Return: AX = segment of resident (conventional memory) portion SeeAlso: AX=9000h ———-2F9003—————————– INT 2F U - RAID - UNINSTALL
AX = 9003h
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=9000h ———-2F9004—————————– INT 2F U - RAID - GET ???
AX = 9004h
Return: AX = first available paragraph past end of resident portion???
CX destroyed
SeeAlso: AX=9000h ———-2F92——————————- INT 2F - Couriers LAN E-Mail - API
AH = 92h AL = function 00h installation check 01h uninstall 02h pop down MICRO.EXE notification window 03h ??? 04h ??? 05h ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AH=9Ch ———-2F93——————————- INT 2F - InnerMission v1.7+ - INSTALLATION CHECK
AH = 93h BX = CX = AX
Return: AL = FFh if installed and BX=CX=AX on entry
BX = segment of resident code = 01h if installed but BX or CX differ from AX
Note: InnerMission is a shareware graphical screen blanker by Kevin Stokes ———-2F9C——————————- INT 2F - Couriers LAN E-Mail OPERATOR.EXE - API
AH = 9Ch AL = subfunction 01h uninstall
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AH=92h ———-2FA1–BX0081———————– INT 2F - Ergo DOS extenders - INSTALLATION CHECK
AH = A1h BX = 0081h AL = which FEh OS/286,OS/386 FFh HummingBoard DOS extender ES:DI -> 16-byte buffer
Return: if installed, first four bytes of ES:DI buffer are “IABH” Note: since TKERNEL is a licensed version, it is likely that subfunctions
BX=0082h and BX=0084h are present and function identically to the AX=FBA1h/BX=008xh calls
SeeAlso: AX=ED00h,AX=FBA1h,INT 15/AX=BF02h ———-2FA189—————————– INT 2F U - Biologic HRAMDEV.SYS - API
AX = A189h BX = subfunction 0000h set ??? 0001h remove ??? 0002h get status ??? 0003h enable ??? 0004h disable ??? 0005h set ??? flag 0006h clear ??? flag 0007h set ??? flag 0008h clear ??? flag 0009h set ??? ES:DI -> function-specific arguments if func 0000h: 20-byte buffer containing ??? if func 0001h: 20-byte buffer for returned ??? if func 0002h: 16-byte buffer for returned ??? if func 0009h: WORD containing ???
Return: BX = A189h if installed
AH = status 00h successful FFh failed or invalid function number
Notes: HRAMDEV.SYS is a part of the shareware package HRAM by Biologic which
provides improved high memory access under MSDOS 5.0 functions 00h and 01h use a stack of four entries; function 01h always removes the values stored with the most recent function 00h call which has not yet been matched with a function 01h call.
———-2FA900—————————– INT 2F - METZTSR.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = A900h CF set
Return: CF clear if resident
AX = 97FFh CF set if not present
Notes: METZTSR.COM prevents METZ applications (such as the MAGIC screen
saver) inactivity timeout while running a DOSapp under MS Windows. the default multiplex number is A9h, but may be set to any value from 80h to FFh with a commandline switch
SeeAlso: AX=A901h,AX=A902h ———-2FA901—————————– INT 2F - METZTSR.COM - GET TIME OF LAST KEYBOARD ACTIVITY
AX = A901h CF set
Return: CF clear if successful
AX:DX = BIOS time at which INT 09 was last invoked CF set if not present
SeeAlso: INT 09,INT 1A/AH=00h ———-2FA902—————————– INT 2F - METZTSR.COM - SET METZ Ctrl-Alt-Del FLAG
AX = A902h BL = new value 00h Ctrl-Alt-Del not allowed else Ctrl-Alt-Del allowed (startup default is 01h) CF set
Return: CF clear if successful
AX = 97FFh CF set if not resident
SeeAlso: AX=A903h ———-2FA903—————————– INT 2F - METZTSR.COM - GET METZ Ctrl-Alt-Del FLAG
AX = A903h CF set
Return: CF clear if successful
AX = 97FFh if Ctrl-Alt-Del allowed AX = 0000h if Ctrl-Alt-Del not allowed CF set if not resident
SeeAlso: AX=A902h ———-2FAA00—————————– INT 2F - VIDCLOCK.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = AA00h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
FFh installed
Note: VIDCLOCK.COM is a memory-resident clock by Thomas G. Hanlin III ———-2FAB00—————————– INT 2F - Btrieve Multi-User - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = AB00h
Return: AL = 4Dh if installed SeeAlso: AX=AB01h,AX=AB02h,INT 21/AX=3000h“Btrieve”,INT 7B“Btrieve” ———-2FAB01—————————– INT 2F - Btrieve Multi-User - EXECUTE Btrieve OPERATION
AX = AB01h BX = process ID DS:DX -> 38-byte parameter record (see INT 7B"Btrieve")
Return: AL = 00h OK
= other retry after calling INT 7F/AX=0200h
SeeAlso: AX=AB00h,AX=AB02h,INT 7B“Btrieve”,INT 7F/AX=0200h ———-2FAB02—————————– INT 2F - Btrieve Multi-User - GET NEW PROCESS ID
AX = AB02h
Return: AL = 00h succesful
BX = process ID AL > 00h failed, retry after calling INT 7F/AX=0200h
SeeAlso: AX=AB00h,AX=AB01h,INT 7B“Btrieve”,INT 7F/AX=0200h ———-2FAC00—————————– INT 2F - DOS 4.01+ GRAPHICS.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = AC00h
Return: AX = FFFFh
ES:DI -> ??? (graphics data?) (not documented)
Note: this installation check was moved here to avoid the conflict with the
CD-ROM extensions that occurred in DOS 4.00
SeeAlso: AX=1500h“GRAPHICS” ———-2FAD00—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ DISPLAY.SYS internal - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = AD00h
Return: AL = FFh if installed
BX = ??? (0100h in MS-DOS 3.30, PCDOS 4.01)
Note: DOS 5.0 DISPLAY.SYS chains to previous handler if AL is not one of the
subfunctions listed here
———-2FAD01—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ DISPLAY.SYS internal - SET ???
AX = AD01h BX = ???
Return: ???
CF set on error
———-2FAD02—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ DISPLAY.SYS internal - GET ???
AX = AD02h
Return: BX = ??? (value set with AX=AD01h) ———-2FAD03—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ DISPLAY.SYS internal - GET ???
AX = AD03h ES:DI -> user buffer CX = size of buffer
Return: CF set if buffer too small
CF clear if successful
———-2FAD04—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4.x only DISPLAY.SYS internal - ???
AX = AD04h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FAD10—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 4+ DISPLAY.SYS internal - INSTALLATION CHECK???
AX = AD10h ???
Return: AX = FFFFh
BX = ??? (0100h in PCDOS 4.01)
———-2FAD40—————————– INT 2F - DOS 4.0 - ???
AX = AD40h DX = ??? ???
Return: ??? Note: called by PCDOS 4.01 PRINT.COM ———-2FAD80—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3.3+ KEYB.COM internal - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = AD80h
Return: AL = FFh if installed
BX = version number (BH = major, BL = minor) ES:DI -> internal data (see below)
Note: MSDOS 3.30, PCDOS 4.01, and MSDOS 5.00 all report version 1.00.
Format of KEYB internal data: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD original INT 09 04h DWORD original INT 2F 08h 6 BYTEs ??? 0Eh WORD flags 10h BYTE ??? 11h BYTE ??? 12h 4 BYTEs ??? 16h 2 BYTEs country ID letters 18h WORD current code page —DOS 3.3— 1Ah WORD pointer to first item in list of code page tables??? 1Ch WORD pointer to ??? item in list of code page tables 1Eh 2 BYTEs ??? 20h WORD pointer to key translation data 22h WORD pointer to last item in code page table list (see below) 24h 9 BYTEs ??? —DOS 4.01— 1Ah 2 BYTEs ??? 1Ch WORD pointer to first item in list of code page tables??? 1Eh WORD pointer to ??? item in list of code page tables 20h 2 BYTEs ??? 22h WORD pointer to key translation data 24h WORD pointer to last item in code page table list (see below) 26h 9 BYTEs ???
Format of code page table list entries: Offset Size Description 00h WORD pointer to next item, FFFFh = last 02h WORD code page 04h 2 BYTEs ???
Format of translation data: Offset Size Description 00h WORD size of data in bytes, including this word 02h N-2 BYTEs ??? ———-2FAD81—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3.3+ KEYB.COM - SET KEYBOARD CODE PAGE
AX = AD81h BX = code page (see INT 21/AX=6601h)
Return: CF set on error
AX = 0001h (code page not available) CF clear if successful
Notes: called by DISPLAY.SYS
documented for DOS 5+, but undocumented for earlier versions
SeeAlso: AX=AD82h ———-2FAD82—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3.3+ KEYB.COM - SET KEYBOARD MAPPING
AX = AD82h BL = new state 00h US keyboard (Control-Alt-F1) FFh foreign keyboard (Control-Alt-F2)
Return: CF set on error (BL not 00h or FFh)
CF clear if successful
Note: documented for DOS 5+, but undocumented for earlier versions SeeAlso: AX=AD81h,AX=AD83h ———-2FAD83—————————– INT 2F - DOS 5.0 KEYB.COM - GET KEYBOARD MAPPING
AX = AD83h
Return: BL = current state
00h US keyboard FFh foreign keyboard
SeeAlso: AX=AD82h ———-2FAE00DXFFFF———————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - INSTALLABLE COMMAND - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = AE00h DX = FFFFh CH = FFh CL = length of command line tail (4DOS v4.0) DS:BX -> command line buffer (see below) DS:SI -> command name buffer (see below) DI = 0000h (4DOS v4.0)
Return: AL = FFh if this command is a TSR extension to COMMAND.COM
AL = 00h if the command should be executed as usual
Notes: This call provides a mechanism for TSRs to install permanent
extensions to the command repertoire of COMMAND.COM. It appears that COMMAND.COM makes this call before executing the current command line, and does not execute it itself if the return is FFh. APPEND hooks this call, to allow subsequent APPEND commands to execute without re-running APPEND
Format of command line buffer: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE max length of command line, as in INT 21/AH=0Ah 01h BYTE count of bytes to follow, excluding terminating 0Dh
N BYTEs command line text, terminated by 0Dh
Format of command name buffer: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE length of command name 01h N BYTEs uppercased command name (blank-padded to 11 chars by 4DOS v4) ———-2FAE01DXFFFF———————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ internal - INSTALLABLE COMMAND - EXECUTE
AX = AE01h DX = FFFFh CH = 00h CL = length of command name (4DOS v4.0) DS:SI -> command name buffer (see AX=AE00h) DS:BX -> command line buffer (see AX=AE00h)
Return: DS:SI buffer updated
if length byte is nonzero, the following bytes contain the uppercase internal command to execute and the command line buffer contains the command's parameters (the first DS:[SI] bytes are ignored)
Notes: this call requests execution of the command which a previous call to
AX=AE00h indicated was resident APPEND hooks this call
———-2FB000—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3.3+ GRAFTABL.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = B000h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
= 01h not installed, not OK to install = FFh installed
Notes: called by DISPLAY.SYS
documented for DOS 5.0, but undocumented in prior versions
SeeAlso: AX=B001h ———-2FB001—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3.3+ GRAFTABL.COM - GET GRAPHICS FONT TABLE
AX = B001h DS:BX -> DWORD buffer for address of 8x8 font table
Return: buffer filled
AL = FFh
Note: PCDOS 3.30/4.01 set the font table offset to 0130h, MSDOS 3.30 to 0030h SeeAlso: AX=B000h ———-2FB400—————————– INT 2F - IBM PC3270 EMULATION PROG v3 - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = B400h
Return: AL = FFh if installed ———-2FB401—————————– INT 2F - IBM PC3270 EMULATION PROG v3 - GET HOST BUFFER ADDRESS
AX = B401h
Return: ES → host screen buffer (PC ASCII format)
ES unchanged if communications not started
———-2FB402—————————– INT 2F - IBM PC3270 EMULATION PROG v3 - ???
AX = B402h BX = ???
Return: ??? ———-2FB403—————————– INT 2F - IBM PC3270 EMULATION PROG v3 - ???
AX = B403h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FB404—————————– INT 2F - IBM PC3270 EMULATION PROG v3 - ???
AX = B404h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FB405—————————– INT 2F - IBM PC3270 EMULATION PROG v3 - ???
AX = B405h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FB700—————————– INT 2F - APPEND - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = B700h
Return: AL = status
00h not installed FFh installed
Note: MSDOS 3.30 APPEND refuses to install itself when run inside TopView or
a TopView-compatible environment
———-2FB701—————————– INT 2F U - APPEND - ???
AX = B701h ???
Return: ??? Note: MSDOS 3.30 APPEND displays “Incorrect APPEND Version” and aborts caller ———-2FB702—————————– INT 2F - APPEND - VERSION CHECK
AX = B702h
Return: AX = FFFFh if not DOS 4.0 APPEND (also if DOS 5.0 APPEND)
AL = major version number AH = minor version number, otherwise
SeeAlso: AX=B710h ———-2FB703—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3, DOS 5.0 APPEND - HOOK INT 21
AX = B703h ES:DI -> INT 21 handler APPEND should chain to
Return: ES:DI → APPEND's INT 21 handler Note: each invocation of this function toggles a flag which APPEND uses to
determine whether to chain to the user handler or the original INT 21
———-2FB704—————————– INT 2F - DOS 3.3+ APPEND - GET APPEND PATH
AX = B704h
Return: ES:DI → active APPEND path (128 bytes max) ———-2FB706—————————– INT 2F - DOS 4+ APPEND - GET APPEND FUNCTION STATE
AX = B706h
Return: BX = APPEND state
bit 0: set if APPEND enabled bits 1-11 reserved bit 12: (DOS 5.0) set if APPEND applies directory search even if a drive has been specified bit 13: set if /PATH flag active bit 14: set if /E flag active (environment var APPEND exists) bit 15: set if /X flag active
———-2FB707—————————– INT 2F - DOS 4+ APPEND - SET APPEND FUNCTION STATE
AX = B707h BX = APPEND state bits (see AX=B706h)
———-2FB710—————————– INT 2F U - DOS 3.3+ APPEND - GET VERSION INFO
AX = B710h
Return: AX = current APPEND state (see AX=B706h)
BX = ??? (0000h in MSDOS 3.30 and 5.00) CX = ??? (0000h in MSDOS 3.30 and 5.00) DL = major version DH = minor version
SeeAlso: AX=B702h ———-2FB711—————————– INT 2F - DOS 4+ APPEND - SET RETURN FOUND NAME STATE
AX = B711h
Note: if the next INT 21h call (and ONLY the next) is function 3Dh, 43h, or
6Ch (also 4B03h and 4Eh if /X active), the fully qualified filename is written over top of the filename passed to the INT 21h call. The application must provide a sufficiently large buffer. This state is reset after the next INT 21h call processed by APPEND.
BUG: DOS 4.0 APPEND reportedly overwrites DS:DX instead of DS:SI for
INT 21/AH=6Ch
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=4Eh ———-2FB800—————————– INT 2F - network - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = B800h
Return: AL = status
00h not installed nonzero installed BX = installed component flags (test in this order!) bit 6 server bit 2 messenger bit 7 receiver bit 3 redirector
———-2FB803—————————– INT 2F - network - GET NETWORK EVENT POST HANDLER
AX = B803h
Return: ES:BX → event post handler (see AX=B804h) SeeAlso: AX=B804h,AX=B903h ———-2FB804—————————– INT 2F - network - SET NETWORK EVENT POST HANDLER
AX = B804h ES:BX -> new event post handler
Notes: used in conjunction with AX=B803h to hook into the network event post
routine The specified handler is called on any network event. Two events are defined: message received and critical network error.
SeeAlso: AX=B803h,AX=B904h
Values post routine is called with:
AX = 0000h single block message DS:SI -> ASCIZ originator name DS:DI -> ASCIZ destination name ES:BX -> text header (see below) AX = 0001h start multiple message block CX = block group ID DS:SI -> ASCIZ originator name DS:DI -> ASCIZ destination name AX = 0002h multiple block text CX = block group ID ES:BX -> text header (see below) AX = 0003h end multiple block message CX = block group ID AX = 0004h message aborted due to error CX = block group ID AX = 0101h server received badly formatted network request Return: AX = FFFFh (PC LAN will process error) AX = 0102h unexpected network error ES:BX -> NCB (see INT 5C) AX = 0103h server received INT 24 error other registers as for INT 24, except AH is in BH Return: as below, but only 0000h and FFFFh allowed
Return: AX = response code
0000h user post routine processed message 0001h PC LAN will process message, but message window not displayed FFFFh PC LAN will process message
Format of text header: Offset Size Description 00h WORD length of text (maximum 512 bytes) 02h N BYTEs text of message Note: all CRLF sequences in message text are replaced by 14h ———-2FB807—————————– INT 2F - Network - GET NetBIOS NAME NUMBER OF MACHINE NAME
AX = B807h
Return: CH = NetBIOS name number of the machine name SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=5E00h ———-2FB808—————————– INT 2F U - Network - RELINK KEYBOARD HANDLER
AX = B908h ES:BX -> INT 09 handler RECEIVER should call after it finishes INT 09
Notes: this call replaces the address to which RECEIVER.COM chains on an
INT 09 without preserving the original value. This allows a prior handler to unlink, but does not allow a new handler to be added such that RECEIVER gets the INT 09 first unless it completely takes over INT 09 and never chains. called by DOS 3.2 KEYBxx.COM
SeeAlso: AX=B908h ———-2FB809—————————– INT 2F - LANtastic Network, NetWare Lite - VERSION CHECK
AX = B809h
Return: AH = major version
AL = minor version (decimal)
———-2FB900—————————– INT 2F - PC Network RECEIVER.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = B900h
Return: AL = 00h if not installed
FFh if installed
———-2FB901—————————– INT 2F - PC Network RECEIVER.COM - GET RECEIVER.COM INT 2F HANDLER ADDRESS
AX = B901h
Return: AL = ???
ES:BX -> RECEIVER.COM INT 2F handler
Note: allows more efficient execution by letting the caller bypass any other
INT 2F handlers which have been added since RECEIVER.COM was installed
———-2FB903—————————– INT 2F - PC Network RECEIVER.COM - GET RECEIVER.COM POST ADDRESS
AX = B903h
Return: ES:BX → POST handler SeeAlso: AX=B803h,AX=B904h ———-2FB904—————————– INT 2F - PC Network RECEIVER.COM - SET RECEIVER.COM POST ADDRESS
AX = B904h ES:BX -> new POST handler
SeeAlso: AX=B804h,AX=B903h ———-2FB905—————————– INT 2F - PC Network RECEIVER.COM - GET FILENAME
AX = B905h DS:BX -> 128-byte buffer for filename 1 DS:DX -> 128-byte buffer for filename 2
Return: buffers filled from RECEIVER.COM internal buffers Note: use of filenames is unknown, but one appears to be for storing messages SeeAlso: AX=B906h ———-2FB906—————————– INT 2F - PC Network RECEIVER.COM - SET FILENAME
AX = B906h DS:BX -> 128-byte buffer for filename 1 DS:DX -> 128-byte buffer for filename 2
Return: RECEIVER.COM internal buffers filled from user buffers Note: use of filenames is unknown, but one appears to be for storing messages SeeAlso: AX=B905h ———-2FB908—————————– INT 2F - PC Network RECEIVER.COM - UNLINK KEYBOARD HANDLER
AX = B908h ES:BX -> INT 09 handler RECEIVER should call after it finishes INT 09
Note: this call replaces the address to which RECEIVER.COM chains on an
INT 09 without preserving the original value. This allows a prior handler to unlink, but does not allow a new handler to be added such that RECEIVER gets the INT 09 first.
SeeAlso: AX=B808h ———-2FBC00—————————– INT 2F - Windows 3.0, DOS 5.0 EGA.SYS - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = BC00h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
= 01h not installed, not OK to install = FFh installed BX = 5456h ("TV")
Note: AH=BCh is the default value, which may be changed by a command line
parameter to any value between 80h and FFh
SeeAlso: AX=BC06h,INT 10/AH=FAh“EGA” ———-2FBC06—————————– INT 2F U - MS Windows 3.0, DOS 5.0 EGA.SYS - GET VERSION INFO
AX = BC06h
Return: BX = 5456h (“TV”)
CH = major version CL = minor version DL = revision
SeeAlso: AX=BC00h,INT 10/AH=FAh“EGA” ———-2FBE00—————————– INT 2F - REDVIEW - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = BE00h
Return: AL = FFh if installed Note: REDVIEW is a public-domain TSR by Alexandr Novy and Petr Horak which
copies data sent to standard output to standard error when the former has been redirected to a file, thus allowing the data to be seen on the screen at the same time it is captured in a file
———-2FBF00—————————– INT 2F - PC LAN PROGRAM REDIRIFS.EXE internal - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = BF00h
Return: AL = FFh if installed ———-2FBF01—————————– INT 2F U - PC LAN PROGRAM REDIRIFS.EXE internal - ???
AX = BF01h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FBF80—————————– INT 2F - PC LAN PROG REDIR.SYS internal - SET REDIRIFS ENTRY POINT
AX = BF80h ES:DI -> FAR entry point to IFS handler in REDIRIFS
Return: AL = FFh if installed
ES:DI -> internal workspace
Note: all future IFS calls to REDIR.SYS are passed to the ES:DI entry point ———-2FC000—————————– INT 2F - Novell ODI Link Support Layer (LSL.COM) - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = C000h
Return: AL = FFh
ES:BX -> call entry point ES:SI -> signature string "LINKSUP$"
Note: LSL.COM may use any multiplex number between C0h and FFh; it searches
for itself in that range, and installs using the first free multiplex number in the range if not already loaded.
———-2FC050—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = C050h
Return: AL = 51h if installed Notes: Explosiv is a shareware animated screen blanker for DOS and Windows 3
by Reidar Gresseth and Chris Hook AH=C0h is the default multiplex number, but may be reconfigured to any value from C0h to C9h
SeeAlso: AX=C051h ———-2FC052—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - UNINSTALL
AX = C052h DX:BX = address to return to on successful uninstall
Return: at specified address if successful
AL = 53h on error
Note: specified return address must have the segment of the caller's PSP SeeAlso: AX=C050h ———-2FC054—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - GET ???
AX = C054h
Return: AL = ??? Note: returns value set by AX=C057h SeeAlso: AX=C057h ———-2FC055—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - SET BLANKING INTERVAL
AX = C055h BX = new interval in clock ticks
———-2FC056—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - SET ???
AX = C056h BL = ???
———-2FC057—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - SET ???
AX = C057h BL = ???
SeeAlso: AX=C054h ———-2FC058—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - SET ???
AX = C058h BL = ???
———-2FC059—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - CLEAR ???
AX = C059h
Note: clears flag set by AX=C05Ah SeeAlso: AX=C05Ah ———-2FC05A—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - SET ???
AX = C05Ah BL = ???
Note: sets flag cleared by AX=C059h then stores BL SeeAlso: AX=C059h ———-2FC05B—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - SET ???
AX = C05Bh BL = ???
———-2FC05C—————————– INT 2F U - Explosiv 2.00 - SET ???
AX = C05Ch BL = ???
———-2FC900BP0000———————– INT 2F U - ThunderByte??? - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = C900h BP = 0000h
Return: AL = FFh if installed
BP >= 0014h
Note: called by TBSCANX SeeAlso: AX=C987h,AX=CA00h ———-2FC987—————————– INT 2F U - ThunderByte??? - DISINFECT FILE???
AX = C987h BX:DX -> filename BX:CX -> virus name
Return: AX = status
0000h successful???
Note: called by TBSCANX SeeAlso: AX=CA00h ———-2FC9FF—————————– INT 2F - STACKMAN - INSTALLATION BROADCAST
AX = C9FFh BL = BCD version number CX = number of stacks DX = stack size in bytes
Notes: called by STACKMAN when it goes resident to inform interested TSRs that
its API is available the installation check consists of testing for the string "STACKXXX" at offset 0Ah from the INT B4 handler
SeeAlso: INT B4“STACKMAN”,INT B5“STACKMAN” ———-2FCA00BX5442———————– INT 2F - TBSCANX - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = CA00h BX = 5442h ('TB')
Return: AL = 00h not installed
= FFh installed BX = 7462h ('tb') if BX was 5442h on entry
Note: TBSCANX is a resident virus scanning module by Frans Veldman. Programs
may perform virus checks on themselves, other program files, or their data files by invoking the TBSCANX API.
SeeAlso: AX=4653h,AX=C900h ———-2FCA01—————————– INT 2F - TBSCANX - GET STATUS
AX = CA01h
Return: AH = BCD version number (v2.2+)
= CAh for versions before 2.2 AL = state (00h = disabled, 01h = enabled) CX = number of signatures which will be searched
—v2.0—
BX = EMS handle, 0000h if not using EMS
—v2.3+—
BX = segment of swap area, 0000h if not swapped DX = EMS or XMS handle (XMS handle if BX=0000h), FFFFh if not using EMS
SeeAlso: AX=CA02h ———-2FCA02—————————– INT 2F - TBSCANX - SET STATE
AX = CA02h BL = new state (00h = disabled, 01h = enabled)
SeeAlso: AX=CA01h ———-2FCA03—————————– INT 2F - TBSCANX - SCAN BUFFER
AX = CA03h CX = size of buffer DS:DX -> buffer containing data to scan
Return: CF clear if no virus signatures found
BX,ES destroyed CF set if signature found ES:BX -> ASCIZ virus name (v2.3+) DS:DX -> ASCIZ virus name (v2.0) AX,CX,DX destroyed (v2.3+) all other registers except CS:IP and SS:SP destroyed (v2.0)
SeeAlso: AX=CA04h ———-2FCA04—————————– INT 2F - TBSCANX - SCAN FILE
AX = CA04h DS:DX -> filename
Return: CF clear if no virus signatures found
BX,ES destroyed CF set if signature found ES:BX -> ASCIZ virus name AX,CX,DX destroyed
Note: this function requires at least 4K free memory SeeAlso: AX=CA03h ———-2FCAFEBX0000———————– INT 2F U - THELP v3.0 - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = CAFEh BX = 0000h
Return: BX = segment of resident code if installed
= 0000h if not installed
SeeAlso: AX=5453h ———-2FCB00—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = CB00h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
01h not installed, not OK to install FFh installed
Note: AH = CBh is the default identifier, but may be reconfigured SeeAlso: AH=2Ah,AX=8000h“FaxBIOS”,AX=CB0Eh,AX=CBDCh ———-2FCB01—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - SUBMIT A TASK
AX = CB01h DS:DX -> ASCIZ name of task control file
Return: AX >= 0: event handle
< 0: error code
Note: files needed for an event must be kept until task is complete or error SeeAlso: AX=CB0Bh,AX=CB15h
Error codes (AH = class, AL = subcode, value passed back is 2's complement):
Class 00h --- FAX warnings Subcode 00h no error 02h bad scanline count 03h page sent with errors, could not retransmit 04h received data lost 05h invalid or missing logo file 06h filename does not match nonstandard format (NSF) header 07h file size does not match NSF header Class 01h --- DOS warnings (data was sent) Subcode 01h invalid function 05h access denied 06h invalid handle others see INT 21/AH=59h Class 02h --- fatal errors (data not sent) Subcode 00h multiplex handler failed 01h unknown command 02h bad event handle 03h FIND NEXT attempted before FIND FIRST 04h no more events 07h invalid queue type 08h bad control file 09h communication board busy 0Ah invalid command parameter 0Bh can't uninstall resident code 0Ch file exists 80h unknown task type 81h bad phone number 82h bad .PCX file header 83h unexpected EOF 84h unexpected disconnect 85h too many dialing retries 86h no file specified for send 87h communication board timeout 88h received too many pages (>1023) of data 89h manual connect initiated too long ago 8Ah hardware command set error 8Bh bad NonStandard Format (NSF) header file Class 03h --- fatal DOS errors Subcode 02h file not found 03h path not found others see INT 21/AH=59h Class 04h --- FAX errors Subcode 01h remote unit not Group 3 compatible 02h remote unit did not send capabilities 03h other FAX machine incompatible 04h other FAX incapable of file transfers 05h exceeded retrain or FAX resend limit 06h line noise or failure to agree on bit rate 07h remote disconnected after receiving data 08h no response from remote after sending data 09h remote's capabilities incompatible 0Ah no dial tone (v1.2+) 0Bh invalid response from remote unit after sending data 0Dh phone line dead or remote unit disconnected 0Eh timeout while waiting for secondary dial tone (v1.2+) 11h invalid command from remote after receiving data 15h tried to receive from incompatible hardware 5Ch received data overflowed input buffer 5Dh remote unexpectedly stopped sending data 5Eh other FAX machine jammed (no data sent) 5Fh remote took too long to send fax scan line 63h can't get through to remote unit 64h user canceled event Class 05h --- application-specific (v1.2+) ---Intel FAXPOP.EXE Subcode 00h tried to send while in graphics mode 01h insufficient disk space 02h internal buffer overflow Class 06h --- CAS implementation-specific (v1.2+)
———-2FCB02—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - ABORT CURRENT EVENT
AX = CB02h
Return: AX >= 0: event handle of aborted event
< 0: error code (see AX=CB01h)
Note: termination could take up to 30 seconds SeeAlso: AX=CB08h,AX=CB10h ———-2FCB05—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - FIND FIRST QUEUE ENTRY
AX = CB05h CX = status of events to find 0000h successful completion 0001h waiting to be processed 0002h number has been dialed 0003h connection established, sending 0004h connection established, receiving 0005h event aborted FFFFh find any event, regardless of status other negative values, match error code DH = direction 00h chronological order, earliest to latest 01h reverse chronological order, latest to earliest DL = queue to search 00h task queue 01h receive queue 02h log queue
Return: AX = 0000h successful
BX = event handle for found event < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB06h,AX=CB07h ———-2FCB06—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - FIND NEXT QUEUE ENTRY
AX = CB06h DL = queue to search 00h task queue 01h receive queue 02h log queue
Return: AX = 0000h successful
BX = event handle for found event < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
Note: direction of search is same as preceding FIND FIRST call SeeAlso: AX=CB05h ———-2FCB07—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - OPEN FILE
AX = CB07h BX = event handle from find (AL=05h,06h) or submit task (AL=01h) CX = receive file number (ignored for task queue and log queue) 0000h open receive control file N open Nth received data file DL = queue 00h task queue 01h receive queue control file or received file, as given by CX 02h log queue 03h group file in task queue (v1.2+) 04h group file in log queue (v1.2+)
Return: AX = 0000h successful
BX = DOS file handle for requested file < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
Note: the returned file handle has been opened in read-only mode and should
be closed with INT 21/AH=3Eh after use
SeeAlso: AX=CB01h,AX=CB05h,AX=CB14h ———-2FCB08—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - DELETE FILE
AX = CB08h BX = event handle CX = receive file number 0000h delete ALL received files and receive control file N delete Nth received file DL = queue 00h delete control file in task queue and corresponding group file if it exists 01h delete file in receive queue, as given by CX 02h delete control file in log queue (individual deletions not recommended, to maintain integrity of log) and corresponding group file if it exists
Return: AX = 0000h successful
< 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)\
SeeAlso: AX=CB02h,AX=CB09h ———-2FCB09—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - DELETE ALL FILES IN Q
AX = CB09h DL = queue 00h delete all control files in task queue, including all group files 01h delete all files in receive queue 02h delete all control files in log queue, including all group files
Return: AX = 0000h successful
< 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB08h ———-2FCB0A—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - GET EVENT DATE
AX = CB0Ah BX = event handle DL = queue 00h task queue 01h receive queue 02h log queue
Return: AX = 0000h successful
CX = year DH = month DL = day < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB0Bh,AX=CB0Ch ———-2FCB0B—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - SET TASK DATE
AX = CB0Bh BX = event handle (task event only) CX = year DH = month DL = day
Return: AX = 0000h successful
< 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
Note: setting a task's date and time to before the current date and time
causes it to execute immediately
SeeAlso: AX=CB01h,AX=CB0Ah,AX=CB0Dh ———-2FCB0C—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - GET EVENT TIME
AX = CB0Ch BX = event handle DL = queue 00h task queue 01h receive queue 02h log queue
Return: AX = 0000h successful
CH = hour CL = minute DH = second DL = 00h < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB0Ah,AX=CB0Dh ———-2FCB0D—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - SET TASK TIME
AX = CB0Dh BX = event handle (task events only) CH = hour CL = minute DH = second DL unused
Return: AX = 0000h successful
< 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
Note: setting a task's date and time to before the current date and time
causes it to execute immediately
SeeAlso: AX=CB0Bh,AX=CB0Ch,AX=CB10h ———-2FCB0E—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - GET EXTERNAL DATA BLOCK
AX = CB0Eh DS:DX -> 256-byte buffer
Return: AX = 0000h successful
buffer filled < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
Format of external data block: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE CAS major version 01h BYTE CAS minor version 02h 68 BYTEs ASCIZ path to directory containing CAS software, ends in slash 46h 13 BYTEs ASCIZ name of current phonebook (in CAS directory) 53h 13 BYTEs ASCIZ name of current logo file (in CAS directory) 60h 32 BYTEs ASCIZ default sender name 80h 21 BYTEs ASCIZ CCITT identification of fax device 95h 107 BYTEs reserved ———-2FCB0F—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - GET/SET AUTORECEIVE
AX = CB0Fh DL = subfunction 00h get current autoreceive state 01h set autoreceive state DH = number of rings before answer, 00h = never
Return: AX = 0000h autoreceive disabled
= N number of rings before answer < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
———-2FCB10—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - GET CURRENT EVENT STATUS
AX = CB10h DS:DX -> 512-byte buffer
Return: AX = 0000h successful
BX = event handle of current event or negative error code if no current event buffer filled < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB02h,AX=CB0Dh
Format of status area: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE event type
00h send 01h receive 02h polled send 03h polled receive 04h to 7Fh reserved FFh serious hardware error
01h BYTE transfer type
00h 200x200 dpi, FAX mode 01h 100x200 dpi, FAX mode 02h file transfer mode 03h to 7Fh reserved
02h WORD event status
0000h completed successfully 0001h waiting 0002h number dialed 0003h connected, sending 0004h connected, receiving 0005h aborted 0006h to 007Fh reserved 0080h to 7FFFh application-specific events 8000h to FFFFh error codes
04h WORD event time (packed DOS time format, see INT 21/AX=5700h) 06h WORD event date (packed DOS date format, see INT 21/AX=5700h) 08h WORD number of files to transfer, max 7FFFh 0Ah WORD offset of file transfer record 0Ch 47 BYTEs ASCIZ phone number to call 3Bh 64 BYTEs ASCIZ application-specific tag string 7Bh BYTE reserved (00h) 7Ch BYTE connect time, seconds 7Dh BYTE connect time, minutes 7Eh BYTE connect time, hours 7Fh DWORD total number of pages in all files 83h DWORD pages already transmitted 87h WORD number of files already transmitted 89h BYTE cover page flag
00h don't transmit cover page 01h transmit cover page 02h to 7Fh reserved
8Ah WORD total number of transmission errors 8Ch 78 BYTEs reserved (zeros) DAh 21 BYTEs ASCIZ remote FAX's CCITT identification EFH 32 BYTEs ASCIZ destination name 10Fh 32 BYTEs ASCIZ sender name 12Fh 80 BYTEs filename of PCX logo file (max 1780×800 pixels) 17Fh 128 BYTEs file transfer record for current event (see below)
Format of file transfer record: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE file type (ignored unless FAX)
00h ASCII 01h PCX 02h DCX 03h to 7Fh reserved
01h BYTE text size for ASCII FAX file
00h = 80 columns by 66 lines (11 inches) 01h = 132 columns by 88 lines (11 inches) 02h to 7Fh reserved
02h BYTE status of file
00h untouched 01h opened 02h moved 03h deleted 04h not yet received 05h to 7Fh reserved
03h DWORD bytes already transmitted 07h DWORD file size in bytes 0Bh WORD pages alread transmitted 0Dh WORD number of pages in file 0Fh 80 BYTEs ASCIZ filename 5Fh BYTE 1/8 inch page length
if page length below set to 01h through 7Fh, this value specifies additional 1/8 inch increments to page length
60h BYTE page length
00h = 11 inches 01h to 7Fh = page length is this number of inches plus value of 1/8 inch field above 80h to FEh reserved FFh = ASCII pages ending with formfeed
61h 31 BYTEs reserved (zeros) ———-2FCB11—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - GET QUEUE STATUS
AX = CB11h DL = queue to get status of 00h task queue 01h receive queue 02h log queue 03h send events (v1.2+) 04h receive events (v1.2+)
Return: AX >= 0 total number of changes made to queue, modulo 32768
BX = number of control files currently in queue CX = number of received files (zero for task and log queues) AX < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB12h ———-2FCB11DL03————————- INT 2F - Communicating Applications Spec v1.2+ - GET NUMBER OF SEND EVENTS
AX = CB11h DL = 03h
Return: AX = number of successful sends since resident manager started
BX = number of unsuccessful sends, including warnings
SeeAlso: AX=CB11h/DL=04h ———-2FCB11DL04————————- INT 2F - Communicating Applications Spec v1.2+ - GET NUMBER OF RECEIVE EVENTS
AX = CB11h DL = 04h
Return: AX = number of received file events since resident manager started
BX = number of received FAX events
SeeAlso: AX=CB11h/DL=03h ———-2FCB12—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - GET HARDWARE STATUS
AX = CB12h DS:DX -> 128-byte status buffer
Return: AX = 0000h successful
buffer filled with hardware-dependent status information < 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB10h,AX=CB11h
Format of status buffer for Intel Connection CoProcessor: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE bit flags
bit 7: hardware busy sending or receiving bit 6: last page of data bit 5: no data on current page bit 4: retransmit request for current page being transmitted bit 3: NSF mode active bits 2-0: reserved
01h BYTE number of kilobytes of free buffer space 02h BYTE page buffer status
bit 7: Connection CoProcessor has documents to send bits 6-0: number of pages in buffer
03h BYTE number of retries left for dialing number 04h BYTE page number to retransmit 05h BYTE communications status
bit 7: originating call bit 6: FAX message to be sent bit 5: on line bit 4: ring detected and receive enabled bit 3: buffer dumped on receive bits 2-0: hardware sequence state 000 idle 001 dial 010 answer 011 transmit 100 receive 101 pre-message 110 post-message 111 disconnect
06h BYTE baud rate
bit 7: reserved bits 6-4: baud rate 000 = 300 baud (V.21 SDLC or HDLC mode) 100 = 2400 baud (V.27 ter) 101 = 4800 baud (V.27 ter) 110 = 7200 baud (V.29) 111 = 9600 baud (V.29) bits 3-0: reserved, should be 0110
07h 3 BYTEs reserved 0Ah BYTE hardware status
bit 7: modem option installed bit 6: Connection CoProcessor has control of DAA (not latched) bit 5: on line (not latched) bit 4: ring detected (not latched) bit 3: data in command buffer (not latched) bit 2: set if using DMA channel 1, clear if using DMA channel 3 bit 1: line length compensation bit 1 set (not latched) bit 0: line length compensation bit 0 set (not latched)
0Bh BYTE switch states
bit 7: reserved bit 6: unused bit 5: spare switch open bit 4: FAX ADR1 switch open bit 3: FAX ADR0 switch open bit 2: alternate interrupt switch open bit 1: COM SEL 1 switch open bit 0: COM SEL 0 switch open Note: valid combinations of bits 0-2 are 000 COM2 IRQ3 IObase 2F8h 001 COM1 IRQ4 IObase 3F8h 010 COM4 IRQ3 IObase 2E8h 011 COM3 IRQ4 IObase 3E8h 110 COM4 IRQ2 IObase 2E8h 111 COM3 IRQ5 IObase 3E8h
0Ch BYTE bit flags
bit 7: reserved bit 6: auxiliary relay forced ON bit 5: modem select relay forced ON bit 4: offhook relay forced ON bit 3: 9600 bps enabled bit 2: 7200 bps enabled bit 1: 4800 bps enabled bit 0: 2400 bps enabled
0Dh BYTE reserved 0Eh WORD error count (only valid while busy, reset when idle) 10h DWORD size of nonstandard format (NSF) file in bytes 14h BYTE 'A' if Connection CoProcessor board present 15h 9 BYTEs reserved 1Eh 21 BYTEs ASCIZ CCITT identification 33h 77 BYTEs reserved
Format of status buffer for Intel SatisFAXtion board: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE connection status flags
bit 7: busy in T.30 CCITT fax protocol bit 6: data on current page/file (only used for block xfers) bit 5: retransmission of last page requested bit 4: in file transfer mode bit 3: data in buffer bit 2: data buffer dumped on receive bit 1: 200x100 dpi resolution instead of 200x200 dpi bit 0: data modem in use, FAX image modem not available
01h BYTE board state
bit 7: reserved bit 6: handset jack active, data and FAX modems not available bits 5-3: current bit rate 000 300 bps (V.21 HDLC) 100 2400 bps (V.27 ter) 101 4800 bps (V.27 ter) 110 7200 bps (V.29) 111 9600 bps (V.29) bits 2-0: T.30 CCITT protocol state 000 idle 001 dialing 010 answering 011 transmitting 100 receiving 101 pre-message 110 post-message 111 disconnect
02h BYTE number of KB free in buffer 03h BYTE number of pages or files in buffer 04h BYTE number of redials remaining on current number 05h BYTE FAX page number to retransmit 06h BYTE current page/file in block transfer 07h BYTE number of rings received (only if auto-answer enabled) 08h WORD error count 0Ah DWORD length of file being transferred 0Eh 6 BYTEs reserved 14h BYTE 'B' is SatisFAXtion board present 15h 13 BYTEs ASCIZ transfer agent name 22h 5 BYTEs ASCIZ transfer agent version number 27h 13 BYTEs ASCIZ resident loader name 34h 5 BYTEs ASCIZ resident loader version number 39h 21 BYTEs ASCIZ remote CSID 4Eh 13 BYTEs ASCIZ resident manager name 5Bh 5 BYTEs ASCIZ resident manager version number 60h 32 BYTEs reserved Note: the Intel Connection CoProcessor and SatisFAXtion may be distinguished
by examining the byte at offset 14h
———-2FCB13DL00————————- INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - GET DIAGNOSTICS RESULTS
AX = CB13h DL = 00h
Return: AX = 0040h in progress
>= 0 passed < 0 hardware-dependent failure code (see below)
SeeAlso: AX=CB13h/DL=01h
Intel Connection CoProcessor failure codes:
bit 3: 9600 bps FAX modem module failed bit 2: SDLC chip failed bit 1: RAM failed bit 0: ROM checksum failed
Intel SatisFAXtion failure codes:
bit 1: 2400 bps data modem failed bit 0: 9600 bps FAX modem failed
———-2FCB13DL01————————- INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - START DIAGNOSTICS
AX = CB13h DL = 01h
Return: AX = 0000h successfully started
< 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB13h/DL=00h ———-2FCB14—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - MOVE RECEIVED FILE
AX = CB14h BX = event handle CX = receive file number 0001h first received file N Nth received file DS:DX -> ASCIZ string specifying new name for file (must not exist)
Return: AX = 0000h successful
< 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
———-2FCB15—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Specification - SUBMIT FILE TO SEND
AX = CB15h DS:DX -> variable-length data area (see below)
Return: AX >= 0 event handle
< 0 error code (see AX=CB01h)
SeeAlso: AX=CB01h
Format of data area: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE transfer type
00h = 200x200 dpi, fax mode 01h = 100x200 dpi, fax mode 02h = file transfer mode 03h to 7Fh reserved
01h BYTE text size
00h = 80 columns 01h = 132 columns 02h to 7Fh reserved
02h WORD time to send (DOS packed time format, see INT 21/AX=5700h) 04h WORD date to send (DOS packed date format, see INT 21/AX=5700h) 06h 32 BYTEs ASCIZ destination name 26h 80 BYTEs ASCIZ name of file to send 76h 47 BYTEs ASCIZ phone number to dial A5h 64 BYTEs ASCIZ application-specific tag string E5h BYTE reserved (00h) E6h BYTE cover page
00h don't send cover page 01h send cover page 02h to 7Fh reserved
E7h 23 BYTEs reserved (zeros) FEh variable ASCIZ string containing text of cover page (if cover page flag
set to 01h)
———-2FCB16BX1234———————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Spec v1.2+ - UNLOAD RESIDENT MANAGER
AX = CB16h BX = 1234h CX = 5678h DX = 9ABCh
Return: AX = 0000h successful
< 0 error code
SeeAlso: AX=CB00h ———-2FCB17—————————– INT 2F - Communicating Applications Spec v1.2+ - SET COVER PAGE STATUS
AX = CB17h BX = event handle CL = cover page status 00h not read 01h read by user
Return: AX = 0000h successful
< 0 error code
———-2FCB80—————————– INT 2F - Intel SatisFAXtion CASMGR - ???
AX = CB80h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FCB81—————————– INT 2F - Intel SatisFAXtion CASMGR - ???
AX = CB81h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FCB82—————————– INT 2F - Intel SatisFAXtion CASMGR - ???
AX = CB82h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FCBDC—————————– INT 2F - Comwave Microfax Specification - GET STATUS ARRAY
AX = CBDCh BL = 56h BH = line number (starts with 1) CX:DX -> 32-byte status buffer or 80 character string
Return: AX = number of cards installed, or FFFFh on error Program: Comwave manufacturers the Microfax line of fax cards which are a high-
performance multi-card FAX solution for OEMs.
Note: defaults to AH=CBh but can be changed SeeAlso: AX=CBDDh,AX=DA00h ———-2FCBDD—————————– INT 2F - Comwave Microfax Specification - COMMAND SUBMISSION
AX = CBDDh BL = 56h BH = ? CX:DX -> command to execute
Return: AX = status
0000h success FFFFh on error
SeeAlso: AH=2Ah,AX=CBDCh,AX=80FBh ———-2FCC–SI5453———————– INT 2F U - Qualitas Qcach v4.00
AH = CCh SI = 5453h or 7473h AL = ??? DL = 00h or ???
Return: SI = 7473h
???
———-2FCD00—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = CD00h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
01h not installed, not OK to install FFh installed
SeeAlso: AX=CD02h“Image” ———-2FCD00—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = CD00h
Return: AX = 00FFh installed
BH = major version BL = minor version
Note: SWELL.EXE is a TSR which swaps programs to disk when they EXEC a child
process with INT 21/AH=4Bh
———-2FCD01—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - SET DEVICE NAME
AX = CD01h CX:BX -> ASCIZ character device name ("LPTn", "COMn", "PRN")
Return: AL = 00h successful
CX:BX -> internal character device name = 80h error
———-2FCD01—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - SUSPEND ONCE
AX = CD01h
Return: AX = 0000h SeeAlso: AX=CD02h“SWELL” ———-2FCD02—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - GET VERSION NUMBER
AX = CD02h
Return: AL = 00h/01h successful
BH = major version number (BCD) BL = minor version number (BCD) = 80h error
Note: if return AL = 01h, the IPI supports network redirection SeeAlso: AX=CD00h“Image” ———-2FCD02—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - SUSPEND
AX = CD02h
Return: AX = 0000h SeeAlso: AX=CD03h“SWELL” ———-2FCD03—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - SELECT SCAN LINE
AX = CD03h BX = scan line CX = requested density in dots per inch (300, 600, or 1200)
Return: AL = 00h succesful
CX = density at which scan line was mapped ES:DI -> start of scan line AL = 80h unsuccessful = 81h scan line out of range = 82h unsupported scan line density = 83h out of memory
SeeAlso: AX=CD04h“Image” ———-2FCD03—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - ACTIVATE
AX = CD03h
Return: AX = 0000h SeeAlso: AX=CD02h“SWELL” ———-2FCD04—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - MOVE BITMAP TO SCANLINE
AX = CD04h CX:BX -> structure (see below)
Return: AL = 00h successful
= 80h unsuccessful = 81h scan line out of range = 82h unsupported scan line density = 83h out of memory = 84h unrecognized source = 85h initialization error
SeeAlso: AX=CD03h“Image”
Format of structure: Offset Size Description 00h WORD image source (0 = conventional memory, 1 = expanded memory) 02h DWORD pointer to image data 06h WORD scan line on which to place 08h WORD bit offset from start of scan line at which to place 0Ah WORD density of bitmap data (300, 600, or 1200 dpi) 0Ch WORD width in bits of data 0Eh WORD source logical page number 10h WORD source handle (only if source in expanded memory) 12h WORD source offset (only if source in expanded memory) ———-2FCD04—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - TURN OFF VERBOSE MODE
AX = CD04h
Return: AX = 0000h SeeAlso: AX=CD05h“SWELL” ———-2FCD05—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - PRINT PAGE
AX = CD05h
Return: AL = 00h successful
= 80h unsuccessful
Note: page image is retained, so multiple calls will print multiple copies of
the page
SeeAlso: AX=CD06h“Image” ———-2FCD05—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - TURN ON VERBOSE MODE
AX = CD05h
Return: AX = 0000h SeeAlso: AX=CD04h“SWELL” ———-2FCD06—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - CLEAR PAGE
AX = CD06h
Return: AL = 00h successful
= 80h unsuccessful
Note: palette is reset to default SeeAlso: AX=CD09h“Image” ———-2FCD06—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - UNINSTALL
AX = CD06h
Return: AX = 0000h uninstalled
= 8002h programs still swapped, not uninstalled
———-2FCD07—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - reserved
AX = CD07h
———-2FCD07—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - GET INFO
AX = CD07h ES:BX -> 32-byte buffer for info
Return: AX = 0000h successful
ES:BX buffer filled = 8001h buffer wrong size
Format of info buffer: Offset Size Description 00h WORD 20h (total size of buffer) 02h BYTE suspend-once mode active if nonzero 03h BYTE 00h active, 01h suspended 04h BYTE 00h quiet, 01h verbose 05h BYTE “Borland support” (allowing INT 21/AX=4B01h) on if nonzero 06h 26 BYTEs unused??? ———-2FCD08—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - SCREEN IMAGE
AX = CD08h CX:BX -> structure (see below)
Return: AL = 00h successful
= 80h unsuccessful = 81h scan line out of range = 82h unsupported scan line density = 83h out of memory = 84h unrecognized source = 85h initialization error
SeeAlso: AX=CD05h“Image”,AX=CD09h“Image”
Format of structure: Offset Size Description 00h WORD image source (0 = conventional memory, 1 = expanded memory) 02h DWORD pointer to image data 06h WORD horizontal position on paper of left edge (in 1200 dpi units) 08h WORD vertical position on paper of top edge (in 1200 dpi units) 0Ah WORD left cropping (currently must be zero) 0Ch WORD top cropping (currently must be zero) 0Eh WORD width (currently must be 8000h) 10h WORD height (currently must be 8000h) 12h WORD horizontal size of image in 1200 dpi units 14h WORD vertical size of image in 1200 dpi units 16h WORD aspect ratio (currently reserved) 18h WORD initialization flag (if 01h, initialization is performed) 1Ah WORD pixels per line of source data 1Ch WORD number of scan lines in source data 1Eh WORD number of scan lines in packet 20h WORD bits per pixel (1,2,4,6, or 8) 22h WORD pixels per byte (1,2,4, or 8) 24h WORD compression type (currently only 00h [uncompressed] supported) 26h WORD source page number (if in expanded memory) 28h WORD source handle (if in expanded memory) 2Ah WORD source offset (if in expanded memory) ———-2FCD08—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - UNUSED
AX = CD08h
Return: AX = FFFFh (error) ———-2FCD09—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - LOAD SCREEN
AX = CD09h CX:BX -> structure (see below)
Return: AL = 00h successful
= 80h unsuccessful
SeeAlso: AX=CD06h“Image Processing”,AX=CD0Ah“Image Processing”
Format of structure: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE style
44h ('D') diamond style 4Ch ('L') line style
01h BYTE reserved (00h) 02h WORD frequency in lines per inch [sic]
currently, coerced to nearest of 50, 60, 68, 70, 75, 85, or 100
04h WORD screen angle in degrees (-360 to 360)
currently coerced to nearest of -45, 0, 45, or 90
———-2FCD09—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - TURN OFF “BORLAND SUPPORT”
AX = CD09h
Return: AX = 0000h SeeAlso: AX=CD0Ah“SWELL” ———-2FCD0A—————————– INT 2F - Intel Image Processing Interface - LOAD PALETTE
AX = CD0Ah CX:BX -> palette structure (see below)
Return: AL = 00h successful
= 80h unsuccessful
SeeAlso: AX=CD09h“Image Processing”
Format of palette structure: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE bits per pixel for which palette is to be used (1,2,4,6, or 8) 01h 2**N palette translation values, one per possible pixel value ———-2FCD0A—————————– INT 2F - SWELL.EXE - TURN ON “BORLAND SUPPORT”
AX = CD0Ah
Return: AX = 0000h SeeAlso: AX=CD09h“SWELL” ———-2FD000—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG display driver - GET DRIVER STATUS
AX = D000h
Return: CF set on error
all other registers must be unchanged) CF clear if successful AL = FFh AH = driver semaphor 00h driver is not active 01h driver is active BX = CS of the driver CX = driver version (CH = major, CL = minor, must be >= 013Ch) DL = buffer semaphor 00h driver is not pending 01h driver is pending between functions 02h and 03h DH = show semaphor 00h driver is not pending 01h driver is pending between functions 04h and 05h
Notes: MDEBUG is a shareware memory-resident debugging tool by Bernd Schemmer,
including a memory monitor, an interpreter and a disassembler MDEBUG can use any two consecutive multiplex numbers between C0h and FFh; the default is D0h for the display driver and D1h for the command driver (see INT 60/AH=00h"MDEBUG" for the actual multiplex numbers used) this function MUST be reentrant, as MDEBUG calls it after every popup before any other actions. The handler should not change any registers if the display is in an unsupported mode or in a mode MDEBUG supports itself, e.g. a normal text mode with at least 80x25 characters (i.e. 80x43 or 132x44 (v1.60+)). In this case MDEBUG will not call any of the other functions for this popup session. MDEBUG will not call the other functions if the returned version is less than the actual version of MDEBUG. if the driver is reentrant, DL and DH should be 00h
SeeAlso: AX=D001h,AX=D002h,AX=D003h,AX=D004h,AX=D005h ———-2FD000—————————– INT 2F - ZWmous - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D000h
Return: AX = 5A57h (“ZW”) if installed
BX = segment of resident code
Note: ZWmous is a shareware TSR by Zen Wu which permits the use of a mouse
with many non-mouse applications by entering the letter under the mouse cursor on button presses
SeeAlso: INT 33/AX=0003h ———-2FD000—————————– INT 2F - Lotus CD/Networker - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D000h
Return: AL = FF if CD/Networker TSR is loaded
BX = 4D44h ("MD") signature CX = Windows mode word (from INT 2F/AX=1600h) at time of TSR load DX = bitmap identifying all loaded CD/Networker TSRs.
Notes: INT 2F/AH=D0h is used by CD/Networker to communicate between a
resident redirector TSR and a transient program that controls the TSR's CD-ROM drive emulation (volume attachments, caching, etc). At present there is only one CD/Networker TSR; the bitmap always = 4.
SeeAlso: AX=D002h“Lotus”,INT 2F/AX=1500h“CD-ROM” ———-2FD001—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG display driver - INITIALIZE DRIVER
AX = D001h
Return: CF set on error
AL = driver semaphor AH = buffer semaphor
Notes: MDEBUG calls this function after every succesful call of the function
00h. The function should reset all internal data and the status of the driver. If this function returns an error, MDEBUG will not call the other functions in this popup session. MDEBUG can use any two consecutive multiplex numbers between C0h and FFh; the default is D0h for the display driver and D1h for the command driver
SeeAlso: AX=D000h ———-2FD002—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG display driver - SAVE GRAPHIC DATA
AX = D002h
Return: CF set on error
CF clear if successful display memory saved and display switched to one of the text modes 02h, 03h or 07h.
Note: MDEBUG calls this function only once every popup session before
displaying its windows.
SeeAlso: AX=D000h,AX=D003h ———-2FD002BX4D44———————– INT 2F - Multiplex - Lotus CD/Networker GET DATA AREA
AX = D002h BX = 4D44h DX = bitmap identifying one loaded CD/Networker TSR
Return: ES:DI → data area owned by TSR Note: the format of the data area changes with each minor revision, so it
cannot be counted on
SeeAlso: AX=D000h“Lotus” ———-2FD003—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG display driver - RESTORE GRAPHIC DATA
AX = D003h
Return: CF set on error
CF clear if successful display restored to the mode it was in before calling AX=D002h and the display memory is restored
Note: MDEBUG calls this function only once every popup session just before
it exits to normal DOS.
SeeAlso: AX=D000h,AX=D002h ———-2FD004—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG display driver - SHOW SAVED DATA
AX = D004h
Return: CF set on error
CF clear if successful display switched to mode it was in before calling AX=D002h and the display memory is restored
Note: This function needn't save the display memory before changing it. SeeAlso: AX=D000h,AX=D005h ———-2FD005—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG display driver - SWITCH BACK TO TEXT SCREEN
AX = D005h
Return: CF set on error
CF clear if successful display restored to mode it was in before calling AX=D004h
Note: This function needn't save or change the display memory SeeAlso: AX=D000h,AX=D004h ———-2FD0——————————- INT 2F - MDEBUG display driver - RESERVED FUNCTION NUMBERS
AH = D0h AL = 06h-7Fh
Note: these functions are reserved for future use ———-2FD0——————————- INT 2F - MDEBUG display driver - USER DEFINED FUNCTION NUMBERS
AH = D0h AL = 80h-FFh
Note: these functions numbers are reserved for user defined features (e.g.
communication between the transient und resident parts of the driver)
———-2FD100—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - GET STATUS
AX = D100h BX = version of MDEBUG (BH = major, BL = minor) CX = command driver counter
—v1.60+—
DS:SI -> MDEBUG identification table (see below) ES = segment of display memory used by MDEBUG DI = size of video mode used by MDEBUG (high byte = lines, low byte = columns)
Return: DL = FFh
BX = version number of the driver if it is less than the version in BX, else unchanged CX incremented
Notes: MDEBUG is a shareware memory-resident debugging tool by Bernd Schemmer,
including a memory monitor, an interpreter, and a disassembler called by MDEBUG at start of popup session; if the version number returned in BX is less than 1.52 (1.60 for MDEBUG v1.70), MDEBUG will not call any of the other functions during this popup session MDEBUG can use any two consecutive multiplex numbers between C0h and FFh; the default is D0h for the display driver and D1h for the command driver (see INT 60/AH=00h"MDEBUG" for the multiplex numbers actually used) this function must end with a far call to the old INT 2F handler after changing the registers this function MUST be reentrant command drivers must also declare the following data at the given offsets in the code segment 100h 3 BYTEs JMP-command in .COM-files 103h BYTE NOP-command (90h) 104h 26 BYTEs signature "Kommandotreiber fr MDEBUG" 11Eh 12 BYTEs name of driver, e.g. "MDHISDRV.COM" each driver must have a unique name MDEBUG will pass every key and command to the command driver(s) before checking for a valid internal command
SeeAlso: AX=D000h,AX=D101h
Format of MDEBUG identification table: Offset Size Description -2 WORD entry offset 00h WORD CS of MDEBUG 02h DWORD old INT 08h vector 06h DWORD old INT 09h vector 0Ah DWORD address INT 16h routine used by MDEBUG 0Eh BYTE length of version string 0Fh N BYTEs version string ———-2FD101—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - INITIALIZE DRIVER
AX = D101h CX = command driver counter
Return: DL = FFh if successful
CX incremented else error: all registers unchanged
Note: this function must end with a far call to the old INT 2F handler after
changing the registers this function must be reentrant
———-2FD102—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - EXECUTE INTERPRETER COMMAND
AX = D102h BL = first character of the interpreter command BH = last character of the interpreter command (or blank) DS:SI -> parameter for the interpreter command as ASCIZ string DS:DI -> MDEBUG data structure (see below)
Return: AL = FFh
CF set on error AH = error number 01h syntax error 02h first shell of the command.com is activ 03h esc pressed 04h break pressed 05h DOS is busy 06h command ended 07h division by zero 08h invalid display driver 09h invalid command driver 0Ah error 8 and 9 0Bh unknown error 0Ch new error DS:SI -> ASCIZ error message (max 30 characters) else unknown error CF clear if successful AH = return code 00h continue processing the command line 01h leave MDEBUG popup session 02h leave MDEBUG popup session and automatically popup again if the InDOS flag is zero 03h not used (same as 00h) 04h not used (same as 00h) 05h put new command line into the input buffer, DS:SI -> new command line (ASCIZ string, max 66 chars) 06h process new command line DS:SI -> new command line (ASCIZ string, max 66 chars) else unknown status, but continue processing commmand line
Note: this function must end with a far call to the old INT 2F handler (with
registers unchanged) if the driver does not support the interpreter command in BX. Otherwise, the driver must not chain to the old INT 2F.
Format of MDEBUG data structure: Offset Size Description 00h WORD register SE 02h WORD register OF 04h WORD register FS 06h WORD register FO 08h WORD register AX 0Ah WORD register BX 0Ch WORD register CX 0Eh WORD register DX 10h WORD register SI 12h WORD register DI 14h WORD register DS 16h WORD register ES 18h WORD register BP 1Ah WORD register SS 1Ch WORD register SP 1Eh WORD register FL (flags) 20h WORD register R0 22h WORD register R1 24h WORD register R2 26h WORD register R3 28h WORD register R4 2Ah WORD register R5 2Ch WORD register R6 2Eh WORD register R7 30h WORD register R8 32h WORD register CS, return-address 34h WORD register IP, return-address 36h DWORD saved pointer to data for key <F6> (v1.60) saved monitor address (v1.70) 3Ah 12 WORDs saved register values on last popup entry (for <F8> key)
(original register values at popup entry of MDEBUG) AX, BX, CX, DX, SI, DI, DS, ES, BP, SS, SP, flags
52h 12 WORDs saved register values on last popup exit (for <SHIFT-F8> key)
AX, BX, CX, DX, SI, DI, DS, ES, BP, SS, SP, flags
6Ah DWORD address of the DOS-invars-table 6Eh DWORD address of the InDOS flag 72h WORD offset of the register which is used for the segment of the
first monitor window
74h WORD offset of the register which is used for the offset of the
first monitor window
76h WORD name of the register which is used for the segment of the
first monitor segment
78h WORD name of the register which is used for the offset of the first
monitor window
7Ah WORD pseudo register 1 7Ch WORD pseudo register 2 ———-2FD103—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - EXECUTE KEY IN THE MONITOR
AX = D103h BX = key code (like result of an interrupt 16h call) CX = 0 -> the cursor is in the ASCII column of the monitor CX = 1 -> the cursor is in one of the hex fields of the monitor DS:SI -> MDEBUG data structure (see AX=D102h) ES:DI -> actual byte in the monitor
Return: AL = FFh
AH = return code 00h key processed, read next key 01h leave MDEBUG popup session 02h leave MDEBUG popup session and automatically popup again if DOS is not busy 03h signal an error (beep) 04h driver has redefined the key, proceed with the new key BX = new key code MDEBUG will not pass the new key to the command driver(s) else treat like code 00h
Note: this function must end with a far call to the old INT 2F handler (with
registers unchanged) if the driver does not support the key in BX. Otherwise, the driver must not chain to the old INT 2F.
SeeAlso: AX=D104h ———-2FD104—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - EXECUTE KEY IN THE INTERPRETER
AX = D104h DS:SI -> MDEBUG data structure (see AX=D102h)
Return: AL = FFh
AH = return code 00h key processed, read next key 01h leave MDEBUG popup session 02h leave MDEBUG popup session and automactically popup again if DOS is not busy 03h signal an error (beep) 04h driver has redefined the key, proceed with the new key BX = new key code MDEBUG won't pass the new key to the command driver(s) 05h put new command line into the input buffer DS:SI -> new command line (ASCIZ string, max 66 chars) 06h process new command line DS:SI -> new command line (ASCIZ string, max 66 chars) else treat like code 00h
Note: this function must end with a far call to the old INT 2F handler if the
driver does not support the key in BX. Otherwise, the driver must not chain to the old INT 2F.
SeeAlso: AX=D103h ———-2FD1——————————- INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - RESERVED FUNCTIONS
AH = D1h AL = 05h-0Ah
Note: these functions are reserved for future use ———-2FD110—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - GET ADDRESS OF THE OLD INT 2F
AX = D110h
Return: DL = FFh
ES:BX -> next program in the chain for INT 2F CX = code segment of this driver DI = offset of driver identification table (see below) (v1.60+)
Notes: only called by the transient part of the driver
must be reentrant and the driver must not chain this function to the old INT 2F
Format of the driver identification table: Offset Size Description 00h 26 BYTEs signature “Kommandotreiber fr MDEBUG”
^- Note: ASCII 129,German U-umlaut
27h 12 BYTEs name of driver, e.g. “MDHISDRV.COM”
each driver must have a unique name
———-2FD111—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - START DRIVER
AX = D111h
Return: DL = FFh Notes: only called by the transient part of the driver to inform the resident
part that it is installed the function must be reentrant and the driver mustn't chain this function to the old INT 2F
SeeAlso: AX=D101h,AX=D112h ———-2FD112—————————– INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - END DRIVER
AX = D112h
Return: DL = FFh Notes: only called by the transient part of the driver to inform the resident
part that it will be released after this function the function must be reentrant and the driver mustn't chain this function to the old INT 2F
SeeAlso: AX=D101h,AX=D111h ———-2FD1——————————- INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - RESERVED FUNCTIONS
AH = D1h AL = 13h-7Fh
Note: these functions are reserved for future use ———-2FD1——————————- INT 2F - MDEBUG command driver - USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS
AH = D1h AL = 80h-FFh
Note: these functions are reserved for user defined features (e.g.
communication between the transient und resident parts of the driver)
———-2FD200BX5144———————– INT 2F U - Quarterdeck - QEMM/QRAM/VIDRAM/MANIFEST v5.0+ - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D200h BX = 5144h ("QD") CX = 4D45h ("ME") DX = 4D30h ("M0")
Return: AL = FFh installed
if BX,CX,DX registers were as specified on entry: BX = 4D45h ("ME") CX = 4D44h ("MD") DX = 5652h ("VR")
Notes: QEMM/QRAM/VIDRAM/MANIFEST/etc will search for a free AH value from D2h
through FFh, then C0h through D1h for AL <> 0, if the BX/CX/DX values don't match a the identifier of a Quarterdeck product, it just chains to the previous INT 2F handler
———-2FD201BX4849———————– INT 2F U - Quarterdeck - GET QD HIMEM PRESENCE
AX = D201h BX = 4849h ("HI") CX = 4D45h ("ME") DX = 4D51h ("MQ")
Return: BX = 4F4Bh (“OK”)
ES:DI -> HIMEM entry point
Notes: QEMM/QRAM/VIDRAM/MANIFEST will search for a free AH value from D2h
through FFh, then C0h through D1h
SeeAlso: AX=D201h/BX=5145h ———-2FD201BX4849———————– INT 2F U - Quarterdeck - QEMM/QRAM v5.0+ - GET HIRAM MEMORY CHAIN
AX = D201h BX = 4849h ("HI") CX = 5241h ("RA") DX = 4D30h ("M0")
Return: BX = 4F4Bh (“OK”)
CX = segment of start of HIRAM chain DX = QEMM/QRAM code segment
Notes: QEMM/QRAM/VIDRAM/MANIFEST will search for a free AH value from D2h
through FFh, then C0h through D1h QEMM and QRAM both responded the same the HIRAM memory chain has the same format as the regular DOS 4.0 memory chain (see INT 21/AH=52h), except that XMS Upper Memory Blocks have the block header program name field set to "UMB"; blocks whose "owner" field is set to the QEMM/QRAM code segment returned in DX are locked out regions such as video memory and ROMs.
———-2FD201BX4D41———————– INT 2F U - Quarterdeck - MANIFEST v1.0+ - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D201h BX = 4D41h ("MA") CX = 4E49h ("NI") DX = 4645h ("FE")
Return: BX = 5354h (“ST”) Note: QEMM/QRAM/VIDRAM/MANIFEST will search for a free AH value from D2h
through FFh, then C0h through D1h
———-2FD201BX4D45———————– INT 2F U - Quarterdeck - DVDOS4GX.DVR - ???
AX = D201h BX = 4D45h ("ME") CX = 5155h ("QU") DX = 5044h ("PD")
Return: ??? Notes: AH=D2h is the default; use the Quarterdeck installation check described
under AX=D200h called by QEMM 6.03
———-2FD201BX5145———————– INT 2F U - Quarterdeck - QEMM v5.0+ - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D201h BX = 5145h ("QE") CX = 4D4Dh ("MM") DX = 3432h ("42")
Return: BX = 4F4Bh (“OK”)
ES:DI -> QEMM API entry point (see INT 67/AH=3Fh)
Notes: QEMM/QRAM/VIDRAM/MANIFEST will search for a free AH value from D2h
through FFh, then C0h through D1h this call is not available under QEMM v6.00 unless Windows3 support has been disabled with the NW3 switch to QEMM386.SYS
SeeAlso: AX=D201h/BX=4849h,INT 67/AH=3Fh ———-2FD201BX5649———————– INT 2F U - Quarterdeck - VIDRAM v5.0+ - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D201h BX = 5649h ("VI") CX = 4452h ("DR") DX = 414dh ("AM")
Return: BX = 4F4Bh (“OK”)
ES:DI -> VIDRAM entry point
Note: QEMM/QRAM/VIDRAM/MANIFEST will search for a free AH value from D2h
through FFh, then C0h through D1h
Call VIDRAM entry point with:
AH = 00h get status Return: AL = VIDRAM state (see below) BL = bit 0: ??? bits 1-7 not used BH = flags??? bit 4: high RAM exists in video area??? CL = current monitor (01h = mono, 80h = color) SI = current top of memory (paragraph)??? DI = segment of ??? AH = 01h setup AL = VIDRAM state (00h off, 01h no EGA graphics, 02h no graph) BL = bit 0: ??? bits 1-7 not used BH = flags??? CL = monitor (01h = monochrome, 80h = color) SI = new top of memory (paragraph)??? AH = 02h get ??? Return: ES:DI -> ??? data
Return: CF set on error
CF clear if successful
———-2FD300BX4562———————– INT 2F U - TeleReplica - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D300h BX = 4562h CX = 2745h DX = serial port I/O base address??? (03F8h for v3.9)
Return: SI = segment of resident code
AX = 251Dh BX = DF21h CX = F321h DX = ???
———-2FD3CB—————————– INT 2F U - LapLink Quick Connect v6 - API
AX = D3CBh CX = function 0002h get ??? Return: BX:AX -> ??? CL = ??? CH = ??? DX = ??? DI = COM1 I/O port??? SI = COM2 I/O port??? 0003h initialization??? 0004h ??? 0005h initialization??? 0006h reset/clear ??? Return: AX = 0000h ES:DI -> next byte after ??? cleared by this call 0007h initialization??? 0008h uninstall Return: BX = status 0000h successful FFFFh incomplete, stub remains in memory
Return: CX = 534Bh (except function 0002h) ———-2FD44D—————————– INT 2F - 4DOS.COM v2.1+ - API
AX = D44Dh BH = function 00h installation check Return: AX = 44DDh BL = minor version number BH = major version number CX = PSP segment address for current invocation DL = 4DOS shell number (0 for the first (root) shell, updated each time a new copy is loaded) 01h (internal, v2.1-3.03) terminate current copy of 4DOS Return: nothing (internal, v4.0) ??? Return: ES:BX -> data area (see below) 02h ??? DX = ??? ---v2.1-3.03 only--- 03h EXEC program CX:DX -> EXEC record FEh deallocate shell number (passed through to root shell) ??? FFh allocate shell number (passed through to root shell)
Note: bug in v3.00 will crash system if unrecognized value in BH SeeAlso: AX=D44Eh,AX=E44Dh,INT 21/AX=4403h
Format of EXEC record: Offset Size Description 00h WORD offset of ASCIZ program name in same segment as EXEC record 02h WORD offset of DOS commandline in same segment as EXEC record 04h WORD segment of environment for child process (see INT 21/AH=26h)
Format of 4DOS v4.0 data area: Offset Size Description 00h 2 BYTEs ??? 06h WORD XMS handle for swapping
???
———-2FD44E—————————– INT 2F - 4DOS v3.0+ - AWAITING USER INPUT
AX = D44Eh
—4DOS v3.01+—
BX = 0000h 4DOS is ready to display prompt = 0001h 4DOS has displayed the prompt, about to accept user input
Return: handler must preserve SI, DI, BP, SP, DS, ES, and SS Note: v3.00 only makes the call corresponding to BX=0001h, does not set BX SeeAlso: AX=D44Dh ———-2FD44FBX0000———————– INT 2F - 4DOS v4.0+ - KSTACK.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D44Fh BX = 0000h
Return: AX = 44DDh if installed SeeAlso: AX=D44Fh/BX=0001h ———-2FD44FBX0001———————– INT 2F - 4DOS v4.0+ - KSTACK.COM - PLACE KEYSTROKES INTO KEYSTACK
AX = D44Fh BX = 0001h CX = number of keystrokes (01h-FFh) DS:DX -> keystroke list (one word per keystroke)
Return: AX = status
0000h successful nonzero failed BX,CX,DX destroyed
Notes: the keystrokes are the exact values to return from subsequent calls to
INT 16 with AH=00h,01h,10h, or 11h, with the following exceptions: 0000h causes subfunctions 01h and 11h to indicate an empty keyboard buffer FFFFh is followed by a word indicating the number of clock ticks to delay before the next faked keystroke v4.00 KSTACK overwrites any unread keystrokes from the previous invocation, and does not range-check CX; it will overwrite memory following the resident portion if CX is greater than 100h.
SeeAlso: AX=D44Fh/BX=0000h,INT 16/AH=00h,INT 21/AX=4403h ———-2FD600—————————– INT 2F - HEART.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D600h
Return: AX = 0303h (two hearts) if installed
ES:DI -> buffer (see below)
Note: HEART.COM is a CPU lock-up/critical indicator utility by Mitch Davis.
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 WORD Table of colors/attributes (see notes). 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)
———-2FD600—————————– INT 2F U - VEDIT VSWAP - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D600h
Return: AL = D6h if installed Note: VSWAP is the resident portion of VEDIT's “swapper” capability.
VEDIT is a programmer's text editor by Greenview Data.
SeeAlso: AX=D601h,AX=D602h ———-2FD601—————————– INT 2F U - VEDIT VSWAP - ???
AX = D601h BL = subfunction number???
Return: BL = return code ???
ES = resident portion's data??? segment DX = resident portion's code segment
SeeAlso: AX=D600h“VSWAP” ———-2FD602—————————– INT 2F U - VEDIT VSWAP - EXEC PROGRAM WITH SWAP
AX = D602h other registers set as for INT 21/AX=4B00h
Return: CF set on error
AL = error code 82h = failure due to ??? CF clear on success
SeeAlso: AX=D600h“VSWAP”,INT 21/AX=4Bh“EXEC” ———-2FD701—————————– INT 2F - BANYAN VINES v4+ - GET BANV INTERRUPT NUMBER
AX = D701h
Return: AX = 0000h installed
BX = interrupt number (60h to 66h) nonzero not present
Note: if AX is nonzero, VINES 3.x or earlier may be installed, thus it is
necessary to examine the four bytes preceding the handlers for INT 60 through INT 66 for the string "BANV"
SeeAlso: AX=D702h,AX=D703h,AX=D704h ———-2FD702—————————– INT 2F U - BANYAN VINES v4+ - PCPRINT interface
AX = D702h BX = function ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=D701h,AX=D703h,INT 61/AX=0005h“Banyan” ———-2FD703—————————– INT 2F U - BANYAN VINES v4+ - MAIL interface
AX = D703h BX = function ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=D702h,AX=D704h ———-2FD704—————————– INT 2F U - BANYAN VINES v4+ - Streettalk Directory Assistance interface
AX = D704h BX = function ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=D703h,INT 61/AX=0007h“Banyan” ———-2FD800—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare Lite - CLIENT.EXE - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D800h
Return: AL = FFh if installed
DX = version number??? (0100h in 1.00) BX = data segment of resident copy??? ES:DI = FAR entry point for API routines Load BX = function number and call for various functions. Functions 00h - 10h supported in 1.00.
SeeAlso: AX=7A00h,AX=D880h ———-2FD880—————————– INT 2F - Novell NetWare Lite - SERVER.EXE - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = D880h
Return: AL = FFh if installed
DX = version number??? (0100h in 1.00) BX = Data segment of resident copy??? CL = 01h if SERVER is active = 00h if SERVER is disabled
SeeAlso: AX=7A00h,AX=D800h ———-2FDA00—————————– INT 2F - ZyXEL ZFAX - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = DA00h
Return: AH = enabled state (00h = enabled, 01h = disabled)
AL = 5Ah installed
Note: ZFAX is the bundled FAX software which comes with the ZyXEL model
fax modems.
SeeAlso: AX=CBDCh,AX=DA01h,AX=DA02h,AX=DA03h ———-2FDA01—————————– INT 2F - ZyXEL ZFAX - UNINSTALL
AX = DA01h
Return: AL = 00h Success
01h Failure
SeeAlso: AX=DA00h ———-2FDA02—————————– INT 2F - ZyXEL ZFAX - DISABLE
AX = DA02h
Return: AL = 00h SeeAlso: AX=DA03h ———-2FDA03—————————– INT 2F - ZyXEL ZFAX - ENABLE
AX = DA03h
Return: AL = 00h SeeAlso: AX=DA02h ———-2FDA55—————————– INT 2F U - TRAP.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = DA55h DL = interrupt number DH = ???
Return: if installed
AH = interrupt number AL = ??? ES:BX -> ???
Notes: TRAP is an interrupt call tracer by Patrick Phillipot/Udo Chrosziel
a separate copy of TRAP is loaded for each interrupt to be traced; thus the interrupt number is part of the installation check
———-2FDC00—————————– INT 2F - GOLD.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = DC00h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
= FFh installed
Note: GOLD is a TSR by Bob Eager which makes the NumLock key return the code
for F1; the purpose is to improve Kermit's VTxxx emulation
———-2FDC01—————————– INT 2F - GOLD.COM - GET STATE
AX = DC01h
Return: AL = status
00h off 01h on
SeeAlso: AX=DC00h,AX=DC02h ———-2FDC02—————————– INT 2F - GOLD.COM - SET STATE
AX = DC02h DL = new state 00h off 01h on
Return: AL = 00h (OK) SeeAlso: AX=DC01h ———-2FDD——————————- INT 2F - SoftCom programs - API
AH = DDh AL = FEh get info Return: ES:BX -> TSR info list (see below) AL = program identifier BH = function FDh get version Return: BX = version FFh installation check Return: AL = FFh if installed BX = version ES = segment of resident code others vary by program
Return: AL = status
bit 7 set on error AL = 81h unknown function
Format of TSR info list: Offset Size Description 00h 9 BYTEs blank-padded ASCIZ program name 09h BYTE program ID 0Ah WORD program's PSP segment 0Ch WORD program version (major in high byte) 0Eh DWORD pointer to next item in info list or 0000h:0000h 12h BYTE number of interrupts hooked 13h 5 BYTEs interrupt numbers hooked by program 18h 8 BYTEs reserved ———-2FDE00BX4445———————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = DE00h BX = 4445h ("DE") CX = 5844h ("XD") DX = 4931h ("I1")
Return: AL = FFh if installed (even if other registers do not match)
if BX,CX, and DX were as specified on entry, BX = 4845h ("HE") CX = 5245h ("RE") DX = 4456h ("DV")
Notes: AH=DEh is the default XDI multiplex number, but may range from C0h-FFh
programs should check for XDI starting at DEh to FFh, then C0h to DDh the XDI handler should not issue any DOS or BIOS calls, nor should it issue DESQview API calls other than those allowed from hardware ints
———-2FDE01—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - DRIVER CUSTOM SUBFUNCTION
AX = DE01h BX = driver ID other registers as needed by driver
Notes: XDI drivers should pass this call through to previous handler if ID
does not match DESQview never calls this function
———-2FDE01BX5242———————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ XDI - CUSTOM SUBFUNCTION, Ralf Brown's XDI drivers
AX = DE01h BX = 5242h ("RB") CX:DX = program identifier 656F7000h ("eop",0) for DVeop
Return: AX = 5242h (“RB”) if installed
ES:BX -> data or entry point CX = version number (CH = major, CL = minor)
Call DVeop entry point with:
ES:DI -> callback address or 0000h:0000h to remove callback
Return: AX = status
0000h failed (callback table full or attempted to remove non- existent callback) 0001h successful ES:DI -> chaining address BX,CX,DX destroyed
Notes: the callback function is called with a simulated interrupt when the
DESQview window containing it is closed; it should perform all necessary cleanup and then perform a FAR jump to the chaining address or an IRET if the chaining address is 0000h:0000h if the program wishes to remove itself before the window is closed, it should call the DVeop entry point with the previously returned chaining address and ignore the returned chaining address.
———-2FDE01BX7474———————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ XDI - CUSTOM SUBFUNCTION, DVTXDI.COM
AX = DE01h BX = 7474h CL = function 00h installation check Return: AL = FFh 01h get process handle DX = keys on Open Window menu (DL = first, DH = second) Return: AX = process handle or 0000h if not running 02h (v1.3+) set TMAN handle DX = TMAN process handle 03h (v1.3+) set open keys to ignore on next CL=01h call DX = keys on Open Window menu (DL = first, DH = second)
Return: BX = 4F4Bh (“OK”)
DL destroyed
Note: DVTXDI is distributed as part of the shareware products DVTree (DOS
shell/DESQview process manager) and DVTMAN by Mike Weaver
———-2FDE01BX7575———————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ XDI - CUSTOM SUBFUNCTION, DVSIXDI.COM
AX = DE01h BX = 7575h CX = function 0000h installation check Return: AX = 00FFh if installed 0001h turn on notification (currently unused) Return: AX = 0001h 0002h turn off notification (currently unused) Return: AX = 0001h 0003h get process information Return: AX = status 0000h failed 0001h successful BX = last instantaneous time slice in 1/100s (v1.10) in 1/18s (v1.11+) CX = number of processes DX = number of "(starting)" records (v2.00+) SI = number of records in process info array (v2.00+) (always 15 for v1.x) ES:DI -> process info array (see below) 0004h get version Return: AH = major version AL = minor version 0005h (v1.10+) get time since DESQview started Return: DX:AX = 1/100s since DV start (v1.10) DX:AX = 1/18s since DV start (v1.11+) 0006h (v1.10+) get number of task switches Return: DX:AX = total task switches CX = task switches in last instantaneous interval
Notes: DVSIXDI is part of the DVSI (DESQview System Information) package by
Daniel J. Bodoh for v1.00, function 0003h allocates common memory, which the caller must deallocate after reading the process information; only the currently used records are placed in the buffer for v1.10+, function 0003h merely returns a pointer to the internal array of process information; the caller should make a copy of the array while inside a critical section (see INT 15/AX=101Bh). Only those records with bit 7 of the first byte set are valid.
Format of information for one process (v1.00): Offset Size Description 00h BYTE flags
bit 7: process slot is valid
01h WORD offset into DESQVIEW.DVO of program's record if started from Open Windows menu, else undefined 03h WORD Switch Windows window number 05h WORD segment of process handle 07h WORD number of tasks owned by process 09h WORD mapping context of process 0Bh DWORD hook for other programs
Format of information for one process (v1.10-v2.00): Offset Size Description 00h BYTE flags
bit 7: valid record 6: (v2.00+) record is allocated; if bit 7 clear, process is "(starting)" and only offsets 01h and 09h are valid 5: (v2.00+) this app currently owns the CPU 4: reserved (0) 3: DESQview system task 2: reserved (0) 1: task has keyboard (currently unused) 0: task swapped out (currently unused)
01h WORD Open Window keys 03h WORD Switch Windows number 05h WORD segment of process handle 07h WORD number of tasks for process 09h WORD process mapping context 0Bh DWORD time process started (relative to start of DESQview) 0Fh DWORD time process last got CPU (relative to start of DESQview) 13h DWORD time process last gave up CPU (relative to start of DESQview) 17h DWORD total CPU time since process started 1Bh DWORD CPU time at start of current instantaneous interval 1Fh DWORD CPU time in current instantaneous interval 23h DWORD hook for other programs Note: all times are in 1/100s for v1.10, in 1/18s for v1.11+ ———-2FDE01BXFFFE———————– INT 2F U - DESQview v2.26+ XDI - DVXMS.DVR - ???
AX = DE01h BX = FFFEh CX = 4D47h ("MG") DX = 0052h (0,"R")
Return: AL = FFh
DX = 584Dh
———-2FDE02—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - DV INITIALIZATION COMPLETE
AX = DE02h BX = mapping context of DESQview DX = handle of DESQview system task
SeeAlso: AX=DE03h Note: driver should pass this call to previous handler after doing its work ———-2FDE03—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - DV TERMINATION
AX = DE03h BX = mapping context of DESQview DX = handle of DESQview system task
SeeAlso: AX=DE02h Notes: driver should pass this call to previous handler before doing its work
DESQview makes this call when it is exiting, but before unhooking any interrupt vectors
———-2FDE04—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - ADD PROCESS
AX = DE04h BX = mapping context of new process DX = handle of process
Return: nothing Notes: XMS XDI handler (installed by default) allocates a 22-byte record
(see below) from "common" memory to control access to XMS memory all DOS, BIOS, and DV API calls are valid in handler driver should pass this call to previous handler after processing it
SeeAlso: AX=DE05h
Format of XMS XDI structure: Offset Size Description 00h DWORD pointer to 10-byte record??? 04h DWORD pointer to next XMS XDI structure 08h WORD mapping context 0Ah BYTE ??? 0Bh 5 BYTEs XMS entry point to return for INT 2F/AX=4310h
(FAR jump to next field)
10h 6 BYTEs FAR handler for XMS driver entry point
(consists of a FAR CALL followed by RETF)
———-2FDE05—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - REMOVE PROCESS
AX = DE05h BX = mapping context of process DX = handle of last task in process
Return: nothing Notes: XMS XDI handler releases the structure allocated by AX=DE04h
driver should pass this call to previous handler before processing it all DOS, BIOS, and DV API calls except those generating a task switch are valid in handler
SeeAlso: AX=DE04h ———-2FDE06—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - CREATE TASK
AX = DE06h BX = mapping context of process containing task DX = handle of new task
Notes: driver should pass this call to previous handler after processing it
all DOS, BIOS, and DV API calls are valid in handler
———-2FDE07—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - TERMINATE TASK
AX = DE07h BX = mapping context of process containing task DX = handle of task
Notes: driver should pass this call to previous handler before processing it
all DOS, BIOS, and DV API calls except those generating a task switch are valid in handler
———-2FDE08—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - SAVE STATE
AX = DE08h BX = mapping context of task being switched from DX = handle of task being switched from
Notes: invoked prior to task swap, interrupts, etc
driver should pass this call to previous handler after processing it
———-2FDE09—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - RESTORE STATE
AX = DE09h BX = mapping context of task being switched to DX = handle of task being switched to
Notes: state is restored except for interrupts
driver should pass this call to previous handler before processing it
———-2FDE0A—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - CHANGE KEYBOARD FOCUS
AX = DE0Ah BX = mapping context of task receiving focus DX = handle of running task
Notes: driver should pass this call to previous handler before processing it
this call often occurs inside a keyboard interrupt
———-2FDE0B—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - DVP PROCESSING COMPLETE
AX = DE0Bh BX = mapping context of DESQview system task CX = number of system memory paragraphs required for the use of all XDI drivers (DV will add this to system memory in DVP buffer) DX = handle of DESQview system task SI = mapping context of new process if it starts ES:DI -> DVP buffer
Return: CX incremented as needed Notes: once DV invokes this function, the DVP buffer contents may be changed
driver should pass this call to previous handler before processing it
———-2FDE0C—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - SWAP OUT PROCESS
AX = DE0Ch BX = mapping context of task being swapped out DX = handle of DESQview system task
Note: driver should pass this call to previous handler after processing it ———-2FDE0D—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - SWAP IN PROCESS
AX = DE0Dh BX = mapping context of process just swapped in DX = handle of DESQview system task
Note: driver should pass this call to previous handler before processing it ———-2FDE0E—————————– INT 2F - DESQview v2.26+ External Device Interface - DVP START FAILED
AX = DE0Eh BX = mapping context of DESQview system task DX = handle of DESQview system task SI = mapping context of failed process (same as for call to AX=DE0Bh)
Note: driver should pass this call to previous handler after processing it ———-2FDF–BX4448———————– INT 2F U - HyperDisk v4.20+ - INSTALLATION CHECK
AH = DFh BX = 4448h ('DH')
Return: AL = FFh if installed
CX = 5948h ('YH') BX:DX -> ??? in resident portion if BX=4448h on entry
Note: HyperDisk is a shareware disk cache by HyperWare (Roger Cross) SeeAlso: INT 13/AX=8EEDh ———-2FE300—————————– INT 2F - ANARKEY.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = E300h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
FEh if installed but suspended (v3.0+) FFh installed
Notes: ANARKEY.COM is a commandline recall program by Steven Calwas
E3h is the default function number, but can be set to any value from C0h to FFh
SeeAlso: AX=E301h,AX=E302h,AX=E303h,AX=E304h,AX=E305h,AX=E306h,AX=E307h ———-2FE301—————————– INT 2F U - ANARKEY.COM v2+ - GET ???
AX = E301h
Return: DX:BX → ??? SeeAlso: AX=E300h
Format of returned data structure for ANARKEY v2.0: Offset Size Description -7 7 BYTEs signature ('ANARKEY') 00h WORD ??? (I see 0001h in v2.0) 02h WORD ??? (I see 0001h in v2.0) 04h WORD ??? (I see 0 in v2.0) 06h WORD PSP segment of next program loaded
Format of returned data structure for ANARKEY v3+: Offset Size Description -1 BYTE multiplex number 00h WORD ??? (I see 0001h in v3.0-4.0) 02h WORD ??? (I see 0001h in v3.0-4.0) 04h BYTE ??? (I see 0 in v3.0-4.0) 05h WORD PSP segment of next program loaded ———-2FE302—————————– INT 2F U - ANARKEY.COM v3+ - ???
AX = E302h BL = ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=E300h ———-2FE303—————————– INT 2F U - ANARKEY.COM v3+ - ANARKMD API
AX = E303h BL = function 01h toggle insert mode 02h display contents of history buffer 03h write history buffer to file ES:DX -> file name 04h clear history buffer 05h undefine all aliases 06h show aliases 07h list programs using Unix switchar 08h jump to bottom of history buffer 09h (v4.0) add string to history buffer ES:DX -> ASCIZ string 0Ah (v4.0) ??? ES:DX -> ??? 0Bh (v4.0) copy string to edit buffer for use as next input line ES:DX -> ASCIZ string 0Ch (v4.0) ??? 0Dh (v4.0) copy ??? to ??? 0Eh (v4.0) ??? 0Fh (v4.0) ??? 10h (v4.0) set ??? flag 11h (v4.0) display error message about running in EMS under Windows
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=E300h ———-2FE304—————————– INT 2F U - ANARKEY.COM v2+ - ???
AX = E304h BL = ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=E300h ———-2FE305—————————– INT 2F U - ANARKEY.COM v3+ - ENABLE/SUSPEND ANARKEY
AX = E305h BL = new state 01h suspended 00h enabled
SeeAlso: AX=E300h ———-2FE306—————————– INT 2F U - ANARKEY.COM v4.0 - GET ???
AX = E306h
Return: AX = ??? SeeAlso: AX=E300h ———-2FE307—————————– INT 2F U - ANARKEY.COM v4.0 - GET ???
AX = E307h
Return: AX = ???
BL = ???
SeeAlso: AX=E300h ———-2FE44D—————————– INT 2F - NDOS - API
AX = E44Dh
Note: as NDOS is a licensed version of 4DOS v3.03, the API is identical to
that for 4DOS, except that AH=E4h instead of D4h and the installation check returns AX=44EEh instead of AX=44DDh
SeeAlso: AX=D44Dh,AX=E44Eh ———-2FE44EBX0000———————– INT 2F - NDOS - AWAITING USER INPUT
AX = E44Eh BX = 0000h NDOS is ready to display prompt = 0001h NDOS has displayed the prompt, about to accept user input
Return: handler must preserve SI, DI, BP, SP, DS, ES, and SS SeeAlso: AX=E44Dh ———-2FED00—————————– INT 2F - Phar Lap DOS EXTENDERS - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = ED00h BL = DOS extender 01h 286dosx v1.3+ (Software Development Kit) 02h 286dosx v1.3+ (Run-Time Kit) 03h 386dosx v4.0+ (SDK) 04h 386dosx v4.0+ (RTK)
Return: AL = status
00h not installed FFh installed SI = 5048h ("PH") DI = 4152h ("AR") CH = major version number CL = minor version number DX = flags bit 0: running under DPMI 1: running under Phar Lap VMM
SeeAlso: AH=A1h,AX=F100h,AX=FBA1h ———-2FEE00—————————– INT 2F - GRIDLOC.EXE - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = EE00h
Return: AL = FFh if installed Note: GRIDLOC is a PC security program by Intelligent Security Systems, Inc. ———-2FF000—————————– INT 2F U - 4MAP - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = F000h
Return: AX = 00FFh Notes: returns AX=00FFh for any value of AL not listed here
4MAP is a keybinding program for 4DOS (see AX=D44Dh) by Ho-Ping Tseng
———-2FF001—————————– INT 2F U - 4MAP - GET KEY MAPPINGS
AX = F001h
Return: ES:BX → key mappings SeeAlso: AX=F000h ———-2FF002—————————– INT 2F U - 4MAP - INSERT CHARACTER INTO ???
AX = F002h BL = character to insert
Return: AX = status
0000h successful 0001h buffer full
SeeAlso: AX=F000h,AX=F003h ———-2FF003—————————– INT 2F U - 4MAP - INSERT CHARACTER INTO ???
AX = F003h BL = character to insert
Return: AX = status
0000h successful 0001h buffer full
SeeAlso: AX=F000h,AX=F002h ———-2FF1——————————- INT 2F U - MIN-MEM v2.11 - INSTALLATION CHECK
AH = F1h AL <> F1h
Return: AL = F1h if installed Note: MIN-MEM is a shareware TSR manager by Biologic which permits up to 24
popup TSRs to be loaded but swapped out to disk, EMS, or XMS. One TSR at a time is brought back into memory at the user's request.
———-2FF100—————————– INT 2F - DOS EXTENDER INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = F100h
Return: AL = FFh if DOS extender present
SI = 444Fh ("DO") DI = 5358h ("SX")
Note: supported or soon to be supported by Phar Lap, Rational, Ergo, and IGC SeeAlso: AH=A1h,AX=ED00h,AX=FBA1h/BX=0081h,INT 15/AX=BF02h ———-2FF700—————————– INT 2F - AUTOPARK.COM - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = F700h
Return: AL = 00h not installed
FFh installed
Note: AUTOPARK.COM is a resident hard disk parker by Alan D. Jones ———-2FF701—————————– INT 2F - AUTOPARK.COM - SET PARKING DELAY
AX = F701h BX:CX = 32-bit count of 55ms timer ticks
———-2FFB——————————- INT 2F - Multiplex - RESERVED BY BORLAND INTERNATIONAL
AH = FBh
———-2FFB00—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = FB00h
Return: AX = 00FFh if installed Note: AutoBraille is a shareware text-to-braille converter by KANSYS, Inc. SeeAlso: INT 10/AH=38h,INT 14/AX=F0F1h ———-2FFB00—————————– INT 2F U - Jot-It! v1.50 - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = FB00h
Return: AX = FFFFh if installed
BX = version (BCD, BH=major, BL=minor)
SeeAlso: AX=FB03h“Jot-It”,AX=FB01h“Jot-It” ———-2FFB01—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - ???
AX = FB01h ???
Return: ??? ———-2FFB01—————————– INT 2F U - Jot-It! v1.50 - GET USER NAME
AX = FB01h
Return: DX:BX → ASCIZ user name SeeAlso: AX=FB02h“Jot-It” ———-2FFB02—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - ???
AX = FB02h
Return: AH = ???
AL = ???
———-2FFB02—————————– INT 2F U - Jot-It! v1.50 - GET MESSAGE DIRECTORY
AX = FB02h
Return: DX:BX → ASCIZ name of directory in which messages are stored SeeAlso: AX=FB01h“Jot-It” ———-2FFB03—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - GET NEXT ???
AX = FB03h
Return: AX = ??? ———-2FFB03—————————– INT 2F U - Jot-It! v1.50 - UNINSTALL
AX = FB03h
Return: resident code removed from memory Note: CAUTION: NO checks are performed to ensure that the interrupt vectors
being unhooked (08h,09h,28h,2Fh) actually point at the Jot-It! code
SeeAlso: AX=FB00h“Jot-It” ———-2FFB——————————- INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ???
AH = FBh AL = 04h-08h
Return: AX = 0000h ———-2FFB——————————- INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ???
AH = FBh AL = 09h-0Fh (???, 0Eh = COM1, 0Fh = COM2)
Return: ??? Note: AutoBraille is a shareware text-to-braille converter by KANSYS, Inc. ———-2FFB——————————- INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ???
AH = FBh AL = 10h-1Fh ???
Return: ??? ———-2FFB20—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ??? FLAGS
AX = FB20h BL = flags to set
SeeAlso: AX=FB21h“AutoBraille” ———-2FFB21—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - CLEAR ??? FLAGS
AX = FB21h BL = flags to clear
SeeAlso: AX=FB20h“AutoBraille” ———-2FFB22—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ???
AX = FB22h BL = ???
Note: AutoBraille is a shareware text-to-braille converter by KANSYS, Inc. ———-2FFB28—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - ???
AX = FB28h BX = ??? ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=FB29h“AutoBraille” ———-2FFB29—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - ???
AX = FB29h BX = ??? ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=FB28h“AutoBraille” ———-2FFB——————————- INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ???
AH = FBh AL = 2Bh-34h BX = ???
———-2FFB35—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ???
AX = FB35h BL = ???
———-2FFB36—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ???
AX = FB36h BL = ???
———-2FFB37—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - SET ???
AX = FB37h BL = ???
Note: AutoBraille is a shareware text-to-braille converter by KANSYS, Inc. ———-2FFB42BX0001———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ DPMILOAD.EXE - INSTALLATION CHECK???
AX = FB42h BX = 0001h
Return: AX = version number??? (AL=major, AH=minor)
CX = next-selector increment
—BC2.0—
ES:BX -> 80-byte buffer for ??? DX = DPMI version
—BC3.0—
BX = ??? (0000h) DX = ??? ES:SI -> list of valid selectors ???
Notes: The version of DPMILOAD distributed with BC++ v2.0 identifies itself
as version 1.000, while the version distributed with BC++ 3.0 identifies itself as version 1.0; the former is 10864 bytes, the latter 22180 bytes. The BC2.0 version is a DPMI loader, while the BC3.0 version also adds a DPMI host and DOS extender the BC++ 2.0 version displays an error message if called with BX values other than 0001h-0008h
———-2FFB42BX0002———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 2.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ALLOCATE MEMORY
AX = FB42h BX = 0002h CX = size in bytes DX = bit flags bit 2: set to allocate DOS memory, clear for DPMI memory SI = selector of descriptor to be modified to access allocated memory DI = selector of a second descriptor to be modified
Return: AX = ??? or 0000h on error
CX:DX = linear base address of DPMI memory block SI:DI = handle for DPMI memory block or FFFFh:FFFFh ???
Note: two segment descriptors may be set if a code and an aliased data
segment are required; if only one descriptor is needed, SI should equal DI on entry
BUG: when allocating DOS memory, the code computes the linear address by
multiplying the segment number by 4 rather than shifting by 4
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0003h,AX=FB42h/BX=0008h ———-2FFB42BX0002———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ALLOCATE MEMORY
AX = FB42h BX = 0002h ES:SI -> memory block info (see below)
Return: ??? Note: The version of DPMILOAD distributed with BC++ v2.0 identifies itself
as version 1.000, while the version distributed with BC++ 3.0 identifies itself as version 1.0; the former is 10864 bytes, the latter 22180 bytes.
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0003h,AX=FB42h/BX=0008h
Format of memory block info: Offset Size Description 00h WORD flags
bit 0: set if data segment rather than code segment bit 1: information valid bit 2: set if DOS memory block rather than DPMI memory block bit 4: ??? bit 15: set if no LDT selectors for memory block???
02h DWORD block size in bytes —DPMI memory block— 06h DWORD DPMI memory block handle —DOS memory block— 06h WORD real-mode segment of memory block 08h WORD selector of memory block — 0Ah DWORD linear address of memory 0Eh WORD memory operation error code 0008h no more free LDT descriptors —if flags bit 0 clear— 10h WORD code segment selector for memory block or 0000h or FFFFh 12h WORD data alias selector for memory block or 0000h or FFFFh —if flags bit 0 set— 10h WORD data segment selector for memory block or 0000h or FFFFh 12h WORD unused??? ———-2FFB42BX0003———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ DPMILOAD.EXE - GET AVAILABLE MEMORY
AX = FB42h BX = 0003h
Return: DX:AX = size of largest free block in paragraphs
0000h:0000h on error (BC3.0 version only)
Note: AX and DX are destroyed on error, but no other error indicator is
returned, under the BC++ 2.0 version of DPMILOAD
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0002h ———-2FFB42BX0004———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ DPMILOAD.EXE - LOAD PROTECTED-MODE EXECUTABLE???
AX = FB42h BX = 0004h DS:DX -> ASCIZ filename of protected-mode executable
Return: CX = selector of ??? or 0000h —BC3.0—
DX = status (0000h,FFF4h,others???) (see below)
Note: the filename may also be terminated by a CR rather than a NUL under the
BC++ 3.0 version of DPMILOAD
Values for status: 0000h successful 0001h ??? failure 0002h invalid selector 0004h unknown error 0008h no more LDT descriptors available??? FFDEh unable to set descriptor FFDFh unable to get segment base address FFE0h ??? FFF2h invalid parameter value FFF4h component of filename too long (name not in 8.3 format) FFF5h pathname too long (>79 chars) FFF6h ??? FFF8h ??? FFF9h index out of range FFFAh ??? FFFCh invalid access to code segment??? FFFEh ??? FFFFh general error ———-2FFB42BX0005———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ DPMILOAD.EXE - GET ADDRESS OF ??? BY NAME
AX = FB42h BX = 0005h CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see below) DS:DX -> ASCIZ or CR-terminated name of ??? (case ignored)
Return: DX = status (see AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful AX:BX -> ??? FAR function (called with two words on top of stk) else BX destroyed
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0006h,AX=FB42h/BX=000Eh
Format of DPMILOAD data: Offset Size Description 00h 12 BYTEs ??? 0Ch WORD ??? bit flags 0Eh 14 BYTEs ??? 1Ch WORD number of memory control records 1Eh 25 BYTEs ??? 37h BYTE ??? bit flags bit 4: data valid??? 38h 4 BYTEs ??? 3Ch WORD ??? 3Eh 12 BYTEs ??? 46h BYTE ??? counter 47h BYTE ??? 48h BYTE ??? 49h BYTE ??? 4Ah WORD ??? 4Ch 2 BYTEs ??? 4Eh WORD offset of array of 64-byte memory control records 52h WORD offset of name list (see below) 54h 4 BYTEs ??? 58h WORD offset of array of 6-byte objects 5Ah 8 BYTEs ??? 62h 9 BYTEs ASCIZ name for ??? 6Bh 9 BYTEs ASCIZ name for ??? ???
Format of name list entry [array]: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE length of name (00h if end of array) 01h N BYTEs name N+1 WORD 1-based index into array of unknown 6-byte objects
Format of 6-byte objects: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE ??? 01h BYTE ??? 02h BYTE ??? 03h BYTE 1-based index of memory control record 04h WORD ???
Format of memory control record: Offset Size Description 00h 20 BYTEs memory block info (see AX=FB42h/BX=0002h) 14h 6 BYTEs ??? 1Ah BYTE ??? 1Bh 2 BYTEs ??? 1Dh BYTE ??? bit flags 1Eh 14 BYTEs ??? 2Ch DWORD pointer to ??? memory control record or 0000h:0000h 30h DWORD pointer to ??? memory control record or 0000h:0000h 34h DWORD pointer to next??? memory control record or 0000h:0000h 38h DWORD pointer to prev??? memory control record or 0000h:0000h 3Ch 4 BYTEs ??? Note: the pointers at offsets 2Ch and 30h form a doubly-linked list, as do
the pointers at offsets 34h and 38h
———-2FFB42BX0006———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ DPMILOAD.EXE - GET ADDRESS OF ??? BY NUMBER
AX = FB42h BX = 0006h CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) DX = 1-based index into array of ??? 6-byte objects
Return: DX = status (see AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful AX:BX -> ??? FAR function (called with two words on top of stk) else BX destroyed
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0005h,AX=FB42h/BX=000Eh ———-2FFB42BX0007———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 2.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0007h CX = selector of ???
Return: ??? Note: The version of DPMILOAD distributed with BC++ v2.0 identifies itself
as version 1.000, while the version distributed with BC++ 3.0 identifies itself as version 1.0; the former is 10864 bytes, the latter 22180 bytes.
———-2FFB42BX0007———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0007h CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) ???
Return: DX = status (see AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful AX = ???
———-2FFB42BX0008———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 2.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - FREE MEMORY BLOCK
AX = FB42h BX = 0008h CX = bit flags bit 2: set if DPMI memory, clear if DOS memory DX = selector of DOS memory block SI:DI = handle of DPMI memory block
Return: DX = 0000h on error, unchanged if succcessful Note: The version of DPMILOAD distributed with BC++ v2.0 identifies itself
as version 1.000, while the version distributed with BC++ 3.0 identifies itself as version 1.0; the former is 10864 bytes, the latter 22180 bytes.
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0002h ———-2FFB42BX0008———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - FREE MEMORY BLOCK
AX = FB42h BX = 0008h ES:SI -> memory block info (see AX=FB42h/BX=0002h"3.0")
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0009h ———-2FFB42BX0009———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - RESIZE MEMORY BLOCK
AX = FB42h BX = 0009h ES:SI -> memory block info (see AX=FB42h/BX=0002h"3.0") ???
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0008h“3.0” ———-2FFB42BX000A———————– INT 2F RU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - INIT DPMI HOST AND SPAWN SUBSHELL
AX = FB42h BX = 000Ah CX = 0001h DX = ??? SI = ???
Return: after user exits subshell Notes: this call is used by DPMIRES; unlike most of the DPMILOAD calls, this
function is not available in protected mode. the BC2.0 version of DPMILOAD is purely a DPMI loader, while the BC3.0 version also adds a DPMI host and DOS extender.
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0004h,AX=FB42h/BX=0015h ———-2FFB42BX000B———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - UNUSED
AX = FB42h BX = 000Bh
———-2FFB42BX000C———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - FREE DESCRIPTORS FOR MEMORY BLOCK???
AX = FB42h BX = 000Ch ??? ES:SI -> memory block info ??? (see AX=FB42h/BX=0002h"3.0")
Return: DX = status??? SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=000Fh ———-2FFB42BX000D———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - SIMULATE REAL MODE INTERRUPT
AX = FB42h BX = 000Dh CX = number of words to copy from protected-mode to real mode stack DL = interrupt number DH = flags bit 0: reset the interrupt controller and A20 line ES:DI -> real-mode call structure (see INT 31/AX=0300h)
Return: CX = status
0000h successful 0001h failed
SeeAlso: INT 31/AX=0300h ———-2FFB42BX000E———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - GET ADDRESS OF ???
AX = FB42h BX = 000Eh DS:DX -> ASCIZ or CR-terminated name of ???
Return: CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) corresponding to
name, 0000h on error
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0006h,AX=FB42h/BX=001Fh ———-2FFB42BX000F———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - REALLOCATE LDT DESCRPS TO MEMBLK???
AX = FB42h BX = 000Fh ES:SI -> memory block info (see AX=FB42h/BX=0002h"3.0")
Return: ??? SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=000Ch ———-2FFB42BX0010———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - CONVERT SEGMENT TO SELECTOR
AX = FB42h BX = 0010h DX = segment number
Return: CX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful DX = selector number for descriptor 0008h failed
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0023h ———-2FFB42BX0011———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0011h CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) ???
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful AX:BX -> ??? name 0002h invalid selector FFFEh ??? error
———-2FFB42BX0012———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0012h CX = selector for ???
Return: CX = selector for ??? ———-2FFB42BX0013———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0013h CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) DX = 1-based index of ???
Return: CX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful BX = ??? or 0000h 0002h invalid selector FFF9h ??? error
———-2FFB42BX0014———————– INT 2F RU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0014h ??? CX = 0001h Return: BX = 0000h
Note: unlike most of the DPMILOAD functions, this call is available only in
real or V86 mode
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=000Ah ———-2FFB42BX0015———————– INT 2F RU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0015h uninstall CX = 0001h
Return: ??? Note: unlike most of the DPMILOAD functions, this call is available only in
real or V86 mode
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=000Ah ———-2FFB42BX0016———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - GET ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0016h CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h)
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful CX = ???
———-2FFB42BX0017———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0017h CX = ??? DX = ??? ???
Return: DX = status (0000h,0001h) (see below) ———-2FFB42BX0018———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - SET ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0018h CX = ???
———-2FFB42BX0019———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0019h CX = selector for ??? ???
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful CX = selector for ???
———-2FFB42BX001A———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 001Ah CX = selector for ??? ???
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful 0004h failed CX:BX -> ???
———-2FFB42BX001B———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 001Bh CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) DX = offset of ???
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful BX = selector for ??? CX = selector for ??? 0002h invalid selector
———-2FFB42BX001C———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 001Ch ES = selector for DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) CX = 1-based index of ??? DX = 1-based index of ???
Return: DX = status (0000h,0002h,FFF9h) (see AX=FB42h/BX=0004h) ———-2FFB42BX001D———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - GET ???
AX = FB42h BX = 001Dh
Return: CX:DX = ??? ———-2FFB42BX001E———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 001Eh CX = ??? ???
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful FFF7h ??? error CX:BX -> ???
———-2FFB42BX001F———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - GET ADDRESS OF ???
AX = FB42h BX = 001Fh DS:DX -> 8-character name of ??? ???
Return: CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) for ???
0000h on error
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=000Eh ———-2FFB42BX0020———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - NULL FUNCTION???
AX = FB42h BX = 0020h
Return: DX = ??? (always 0000h) ———-2FFB42BX0021———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - GET PROCESSOR EXCEPTION HANDLER VECT
AX = FB42h BX = 0021h CL = exception number (00h-1Fh)
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful AX:BX = selector:offset of handler FFF2h unable to get exception handler vector
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0022h,AX=FB42h/BX=0024h,INT 31/AX=0202h ———-2FFB42BX0022———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - SET PROCESSOR EXCEPTION HANDLER VECT
AX = FB42h BX = 0022h CL = exception number (00h-1Fh) SI:DX = selector:offset of new handler
Return: DX = status (0000h,0004h,FFF2h) (see AX=FB42h/BX=0004h) SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0021h,AX=FB42h/BX=0025h,INT 31/AX=0203h ———-2FFB42BX0023———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - CONVERT SELECTOR TO SEGMENT NUMBER
AX = FB42h BX = 0023h CX = selector
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful CX = real-mode segment number FFF2h descriptor has invalid base address for real-mode segment
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0010h ———-2FFB42BX0024———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - GET PROTECTED-MODE INTERRUPT VECTOR
AX = FB42h BX = 0024h CL = interrupt number
Return: DX = status (0000h) (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
AX:BX = selector:offset of handler
SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0025h,INT 31/AX=0204h ———-2FFB42BX0025———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - SET PROTECTED-MODE INTERRUPT VECTOR
AX = FB42h BX = 0025h CL = interrupt number SI:DX = selector:offset of new handler
Return: DX = status (0000h,0004h,FFF2h) (see AX=FB42h/BX=0004h) SeeAlso: AX=FB42h/BX=0024h,INT 31/AX=0205h ———-2FFB42BX0026———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0026h CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) DX = 1-based index of ??? ???
Return: DX = status (0000h,0002h,FFF9h) (see AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful BX = offset of ??? within data structure
———-2FFB42BX0027———————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - GET ???
AX = FB42h BX = 0027h CX = selector of DPMILOAD data (see AX=FB42h/BX=0005h) DX = offset of ???
Return: DX = status (see also AX=FB42h/BX=0004h)
0000h successful BX = ???
———-2FFB42BX0080———————– INT 2F U - ??? - CALLED BY Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE
AX = FB42h BX = 0080h ???
Return: AX = ???
???
———-2FFB42BX0081———————– INT 2F U - ??? - CALLED BY Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE
AX = FB42h BX = 0081h ???
Return: AX = ???
???
———-2FFB43—————————– INT 2F PU - Borland C++ 3.0 DPMILOAD.EXE - NULL FUNCTION
AX = FB43h BX = subfunction (at least 0000h-000Eh)
Notes: this function is only present in protected mode; it does nothing but
an immediate IRET DPMILOAD.EXE itself calls various subfunctions: subfunction 0004h is called with CX=selector of ???, DI=selector of DPMILOAD data subfunction 0008h is called with CX=selector of DPMILOAD data
———-2FFB64—————————– INT 2F U - AutoBraille v1.1A - GET ???
AX = FB64h
Return: AX = ??? (0006h seen) Note: AutoBraille is a shareware text-to-braille converter by KANSYS, Inc. ———-2FFBA1BX0081———————– INT 2F U - TKERNEL (Borland DOS extender) - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = FBA1h BX = 0081h ES:DI -> 16-byte buffer
Return: if installed, first four bytes of ES:DI buffer are “IABH” Note: TKERNEL is a licensed version of AI Architects/Ergo's OS/x86. It was
present only in Borland C++ 2.0; with version 3.0, the DOS extender was moved into DPMILOAD.
SeeAlso: AH=A1h,AX=F100h,AX=FBA1h/BX=0082h,AX=FBA1h/BX=0084h,INT 15/AX=BF02h SeeAlso: INT 21/AX=4403h“TKERNEL” ———-2FFBA1BX0082———————– INT 2F U - TKERNEL (Borland DOS extender) - GET ENTRY POINT
AX = FBA1h BX = 0082h ES:DI -> response buffer (see below)
Return: ES:DI buffer filled SeeAlso: AX=FBA1h/BX=0081h,AX=FBA1h/BX=0084h
Format of response buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 4 BYTEs signature “IABH” 04h DWORD pointer to FAR extender entry point
Call entry point with:
AX = function number 0000h initialize??? STACK: WORD ??? Return: AX = status??? STACK unchanged 0001h get version??? Return: AX = 0200h for v2.0.34 0002h get ??? Return: AX = ??? (011Eh or 0182h seen) 0003h load protected-mode executable STACK: DWORD -> ASCIZ filename of executable DWORD ??? DWORD -> program arguments (counted string plus CR) DWORD -> environment for protected-mode executable (terminated with two consecutive NULs) DWORD -> WORD buffer for ??? Return: AX = status??? STACK unchanged 0004h get descriptor STACK: WORD selector for which to get descriptor WORD segment number (when running in real mode) DWORD -> buffer for descriptor Return: CF clear if successful buffer filled CF set on error AX destroyed??? STACK unchanged 0005h ??? STACK: WORD selector for ??? WORD subfunction number??? 0000h run previously-loaded program??? 0001h ??? (similar to 0000h) 0002h 0003h 0005h ??? (similar to 0000h and 0001h) Return: AX = status??? STACK unchanged 0006h ??? STACK: WORD ??? DWORD -> WORD (call) max iterations of ??? (return) remaining iterations Return: AX = ??? STACK unchanged 0007h unused Return: AX = 0001h 0008h unused Return: AX = 0001h 0009h copy protected-mode memory into conventional memory STACK: WORD selector for source segment WORD segment of source if in real mode??? DWORD offset of source WORD number of bytes to copy DWORD -> low-memory destination Return: AX = status STACK unchanged 000Ah copy conventional memory into protected-mode memory STACK: WORD selector for destination segment WORD segment of destination if in real mode??? DWORD offset of destination WORD number of bytes to copy DWORD -> low-memory source Return: AX = status STACK unchanged 000Bh get ??? pointers STACK: WORD desired pointer 0000h get ??? 0002h get protected-mode CR3 0003h get 4K page table buffer pointer else Return: DX:AX = FFFFh:FFFFh Return: DX:AX = requested pointer STACK unchanged 000Ch set ??? pointers STACK: WORD desired pointer 0000h set ??? 0002h set protected-mode CR3 0003h set 4K page table buffer pointer else ignore DWORD new value for pointer Return: STACK unchanged 000Dh get ??? pointers STACK: WORD desired pointer 0000h get ??? 0001h get ??? 0002h get ??? 0003h get ??? 0004h get ??? 0005h get ??? 0006h get ??? 0007h get ??? else Return: DX:AX = FFFFh:FFFFh Return: DX:AX = desired pointer STACK unchanged 000Eh set ??? pointer STACK: WORD desired pointer 0000h set ??? 0001h set ??? 0002h set ??? 0003h set ??? 0004h set ??? 0005h set ??? 0006h set ??? 0007h set ??? else Return: DX:AX = FFFFh:FFFFh Return: STACK unchanged 000Fh get ??? Return: AX = ??? (seen 0008h) 0010h get ??? Return: AX = ??? 0011h determine whether selector is valid STACK: WORD possible selector Return: AX = selector or 0000h if invalid STACK unchanged 0012h get physical address STACK: WORD selector for desired segment WORD segment number if in real mode DWORD offset within segment Return: DX:AX = 32-bit physical address or 00000000h on error BX destroyed STACK unchanged 0013h ??? Note: normally jumps to code for function 0012h 0014h copy protected-mode memory to conventional memory, with ??? STACK: WORD selector for source segment WORD segment of source if in real mode??? DWORD offset of source WORD number of bytes to copy DWORD -> low-memory destination Return: AX = status??? STACK unchanged 0015h copy conventional memory to protected-mode memory, with ??? STACK: WORD selector for destination segment WORD segment of destination if in real mode??? DWORD offset of destination WORD number of bytes to copy DWORD -> low-memory source Return: AX = status??? STACK unchanged 0016h set ??? pointer STACK: WORD unused DWORD -> ??? or 0000h:0000h Return: AX = 0000h STACK unchanged 0017h allocate real-mode procedure??? STACK: DWORD ASCIZ name of procedure DWORD ??? DWORD address of subroutine to invoke Return: AX = status 0032h procedure by that name exists 0033h no more real-mode procedures available DX destroyed STACK unchanged 0018h unused Return: AX = 0001h 0019h get parameter block Return: DX:AX -> parameter block (format unknown at this time, but 92h bytes) (preceded by signature "!!PARAM-BLOCK!!") 001Ah get ??? Return: AX = ??? (0148h seen) 001Bh free real-mode procedure??? STACK: DWORD -> ASCIZ name of procedure Return: ??? STACK unchanged 001Ch check whether packets from protected mode task pending Return: AX = 0001h if packets pending, 0000h if not 001Dh set ??? STACK: DWORD ??? or 0000h:0000h Return: AX,BX destroyed STACK unchanged 001Eh ??? STACK: WORD ??? (high byte ignored) DWORD -> data structure (see below) Return: AX,BX,CX,DX destroyed data structure updated STACK unchanged Format of data structure Offset Size Description 00h 2 BYTEs unused 02h WORD ??? 04h WORD ??? 06h WORD ??? 08h 2 BYTEs unused 0Ah WORD ??? 0Ch WORD (call) ??? (return) offset of this data structure (BUG?) 001Fh set ??? STACK: WORD ??? (set to 0001h if zero) Return: AX destroyed STACK unchanged 0020h ??? STACK: DWORD -> ??? (8 bytes of data) Return: AX = ??? STACK unchanged 0021h ??? STACK: DWORD -> ??? (8 bytes of data) WORD ??? WORD ??? Return: AX = ??? STACK unchanged 0022h ??? STACK: DWORD -> ??? (8 bytes of data) DWORD -> 4-byte buffer for results Return: AX = ??? STACK unchanged 0023h ??? STACK: DWORD -> ??? (8 bytes of data) Return: AX = ??? STACK unchanged 0024h set ??? STACK: WORD ??? Return: AX destroyed STACK unchanged 0025h get ??? Return: AX = ??? (value set with func 0024h) 0026h BUG: jumps to hyperspace due to fencepost error FFFFh set DOS memory management functions BX:SI -> FAR routine for allocating DOS memory (called with AH=48h,BX=number of paragraphs to alloc; returns CF clear, AX=segment of allocated memory, or CF set on error) CX:DI -> FAR routine for freeing DOS memory (called with AH=49h,ES=segment of block to free; returns CF set on error,AX=error code) Note: each of these pointers normally points at INT 21/RETF other Return: AX = 0001h
Note: BX may be destroyed by any of the API calls ———-2FFBA1BX0084———————– INT 2F U - TKERNEL (Borland DOS extender) - UNINSTALL
AX = FBA1h BX = 0084h ES:DI -> response buffer (see below)
Return: ES:DI buffer filled SeeAlso: AX=FBA1h/BX=0081h,AX=FBA1h/BX=0084h
Format of response buffer: Offset Size Description 00h 4 BYTEs signature “IABH” 04h WORD success indicator
0001h failed (INT 2F hooked by another program) unchanged if successful
06h WORD segment of ??? 08h WORD segment of ??? memory block to free if nonzero 0Ah WORD segment of ??? memory block to free if nonzero ———-2FFBFBES0000———————– INT 2F U - SoundBlaster speech driver - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = FBFBh ES = 0000h
Return: ES nonzero if installed
ES:BX -> entry point data structure (see below)
SeeAlso: INT 80/BX=0000h,INT F3“SoundBlaster”
Format of entry point data structure: Offset Size Description 00h 3 BYTEs signature “FB ” 03h BYTE driver major version number??? 04h DWORD speech driver entry point 08h 24 BYTEs ??? 20h ? BYTEs data buffer for calling speech driver
Call driver entry point with:
AL = function 07h speak a string data buffer (see above) contains: BYTE length of string N BYTEs string to speak
———-2FFE00DI4E55———————– INT 2F U - NORTON UTILITIES 5.0+ TSRs - INSTALLATION CHECK/STATUS REPORT
AX = FE00h DI = 4E55h ("NU") SI = TSR identifier 4346h ("CF") NCACHE-F (v5) / NCACHE (v6.0+) 4353h ("CS") NCACHE-S (v5 only) 4443h ("DC") DISKREET 444Dh ("DM") DISKMON 4653h ("FS") FILESAVE (v5) / EP (v6.0+)
Return: SI = TSR reply
lowercase version of SI on entry (i.e. SI OR 2020h) AH = status 00h installed but disabled internally 01h installed and enabled AL = status 00h NCACHE-x or DISKREET installed 01h FILESAVE / EP / DISKMON v6 installed 45h DISKMON v5 installed BX = length of *.INI file (DISKMON and FILESAVE/EP only) (see below) CX = segment of resident portion FFFFh if completely loaded high (NCACHE)
—FILESAVE/EP—
DL = ??? (apparently always 00h)
—DISKMON—
DX = ??? (apparently always 1AE6h [v5] / 1B86h [v6])
Note: the value returned in CX is incorrect for NCACHE 6.00 SeeAlso: AX=FE01h,AX=FE02h,AX=FE03h,AX=FE04h,AX=FE05h
Format of DISKMON.INI file: Offset Size Description -6Ch 108 BYTEs (in memory copy only)
list of filenames which are always protected: IBMBIO.COM/IBMDOS.COM, IO.SYS/MSDOS.SYS, TBIOS.SYS/TDOS.SYS, MIO.SYS/IO.BIN, COMMAND.COM
00h BYTE ??? always 01h 01h BYTE disk light (00h off, 01h on) 02h BYTE disk protection (00h off, 01h on) 03h BYTE protected areas
01h system area 02h files 03h system area and files 04h entire disk
04h BYTE floppy access (00h not allowed, 01h allowed) 05h 27 BYTEs filename extension list (9 entries)
(lowercase, blank padded or = 000000h)
20h 240 BYTEs filename list (20 entries)
(lowercase, name and extension blank padded, with '.')
Note: CX:0508h → copy in installed TSR (v5)
CX:052Fh -> copy in installed TSR (v6)
Format of FILESAVE.INI / EP.INI file: Offset Size Description 00h 26 BITs drive list (bit set: file protection on, cleared: off): 00h BYTE drives A: - H: 01h BYTE drives I: - P: 02h BYTE drives Q: - X: 03h BYTE drives Y: - Z: 04h BYTE which files to protect
00h all files 01h all files with extension in list 02h all files except those with extension in list
05h 27 BYTEs filename extension list (9 entries, uppercase, ASCIZ) 20h BYTE include files with archive bit clear (00h no, 01h yes) 21h WORD number of days after which files are purged (0 = never) 23h WORD max kilobytes of erased file space to hold (0 = all) Note: CX:03D2h → copy in installed TSR (v5.0)
CX:03F5h -> copy in installed TSR (v6.0)
———-2FFE01DI4E55———————– INT 2F U - NORTON UTILITIES 5.0+ TSRs - ENABLE
AX = FE01h DI = 4E55h ("NU") SI = TSR identifier (see AX=FE00h)
Return: SI = TSR reply (lowercase version of entry SI, i.e. SI OR 2020h)
AX = status 0002h successful (DISKMON, FILESAVE, EP) FE00h successful (NCACHE-x, DISKREET)
Notes: if the enable/disable calls are used on DISKMON or NCACHE-x, the status
report generated by the programs still indicates the previous state, and DISKMON.INI is not updated apparently has no effect on DISKREET
SeeAlso: AX=FE00h,AX=FE02h ———-2FFE02DI4E55———————– INT 2F U - NORTON UTILITIES 5.0+ TSRs - DISABLE
AX = FE02h DI = 4E55h ("NU") SI = TSR identifier (see AX=FE00h)
Return: SI = TSR reply (lowercase version of entry SI, i.e. SI OR 2020h)
AX = status 0004h successful (DISKMON, FILESAVE) FE00h successful (NCACHE-x, DISKREET)
Note: (see AX=FE01h) SeeAlso: AX=FE00h,AX=FE01h ———-2FFE03DI4E55———————– INT 2F U - NORTON UTILITIES 5.0+ TSRs - internal - ???
AX = FE03h DI = 4E55h ("NU") SI = TSR identifier (see AX=FE00h)
Return: SI = TSR reply (lowercase version of entry SI, i.e. SI OR 2020h)
AX = status 0006h successful???
Notes: only supported by DISKMON, FILESAVE, and NCACHE-x
reportedly dangerous
SeeAlso: AX=FE00h ———-2FFE04DI4E55———————– INT 2F U - NORTON UTILITIES 5.0+ DISKMON, FILESAVE / EP - internal - ???
AX = FE04h DI = 4E55h ("NU") SI = TSR identifier (see AX=FE00h)
Return: SI = TSR reply (lowercase version of entry SI, i.e. SI or 2020h)
AX = status 0008h successful???
SeeAlso: AX=FE00h ———-2FFE05DI4E55———————– INT 2F U - NORTON UTILITIES 5.0+ DISKMON, FILESAVE / EP - internal - ???
AX = FE05h DI = 4E55h ("NU") SI = TSR identifier (see AX=FE00h)
Return: SI = TSR reply (lowercase version of entry SI, i.e. SI or 2020h)
AX = status 000Ah successful???
Note: reportedly dangerous SeeAlso: AX=FE00h ———-2FFF00—————————– INT 2F - Topware Network Operating System - INSTALLATION CHECK
AX = FF00h
Return: AL = 00h not installed, OK to install
= 01h not installed, not OK to install = FFh installed
SeeAlso: AX=FF01h,INT 21/AH=FFh“Topware”,INT 7A“Topware” ———-2FFF01—————————– INT 2F - Topware Network Operating System - GET VERSION
AX = FF01h
Return: AX = version SeeAlso: AX=FF00h ———-30——————————— INT 30 - (NOT A VECTOR!) - DOS 1+ - FAR JMP instruction for CP/M-style calls
the CALL 5 entry point does a FAR jump to here
Note: under DOS 2+, the instruction at PSP:0005 points two bytes too low in
memory
SeeAlso: INT 21/AH=26h