Re: Disk I/O, BIOS, dosemu, FreeDOS, linux host with Virtual Machines

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 22:28:45 GMT, Frank Kotler <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Pop Tart wrote:
Hello,

I've come to a point in my study of MASM where I can't work the examples for
disk I/O unless I have Windows 98 or less.

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I'm not sure why you'd want Win98. I know it comes with "real dos", but
in a "dos box", the bios interrupts are "fake" (I mean "emulated"). I
think you'd want "real bios interrupts",

I assume the OP said "Win98 or less" because you can get to
real-mode DOS. It's a little more cumbersome than just using the
"DOS box" you get when you click on the MS-DOS option. You
can get to real-mode via "Start - Shutdown - Restart the computer
in MS-DOS mode", or you can create a desktop icon that automatically
goes to real-mode, runs your app, and then restarts Windows. You
can't do either of those in later Windows versions (except WinMe,
with some trickery).

Best regards,



Bob Masta

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