Note: This API call is for DOS and Win16 personality only. Use Family API for portability.
3 and higher
SET DEVICE DRIVER LOOKAHEAD FLAG
AH = 64h AL = flag 00h (default) call device driver function 5 (non-dest read) before INT 21/AH=01h,08h,0Ah nonzero don't call driver function 5
CX = 636Ch - Call OS/2 VDM function
Nothing (MS-DOS) CF set, AX=error code??? (DR DOS 5.0, which does not support this call)
This function is called by the DOS 3.3+ PRINT.COM. Under MS-DOS, this function does not use any of the DOS-internal stacks and may thus be called at any time, even during another DOS call
Text based on Ralf Brown Interrupt List Release 61
osFree Macro Library | |
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Video I/O | @SetMode @SetCurSz @SetCurPos @GetCur @SetPage @ScrollUp @ScrollDn @Scroll @GetChAtr @PutChAtr @PutCh @SetPalet @SetColor @SetDot @GetDot @WrtTTY @VideoState @GetMode @GetDisplay @GetVideoState @GetEGAInfo @Cls |
Hardware info | @Equipment @MemSize |
Serial I/O | @AuxInit @AuxSendChar @AuxRecieveChar @AuxStatus |
Tape I/O | @TapeOn @TapeOff @TapeRead @TapeWrite |
Keyboard I/O | @KbdStatus @CharIn @CharPeek |
Printer I/O | @PrnPrint @PrnInit @PrnStatus |
Disk I/O | @DskReset @DskStatus @DskRead @DskWrite @DskVerify @DskFormat |
Date and Time | @SetTime @GetTime |
Mouse | @MouInit @MouShowPointer @MouStatus @MouSetPos @MouSetMickey @MouRegion |
Memory manager | @ModBlok SET_BLOCK |