Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site randvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!petsd!peora!pesnta!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!jim From: jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: DOS 2.x question Message-ID: <2580@randvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 19:14:39 EDT Article-I.D.: randvax.2580 Posted: Tue Jul 2 19:14:39 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 7-Jul-85 05:03:41 EDT References: <776@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Banzai Institute Lines: 17 Summary: Bradley's book explains DOS features In article <776@vax2.fluke.UUCP> sota@fluke.UUCP (Bruce White) writes: >Is there any authoritative reference book on DOS? David J. Bradley's _Assembly Language Programming for the IBM Personal Computer_, Prentice Hall 1984, has a lot of useful information. It's not primarily a DOS reference, but besides describing how to use the PC macro assembler it has chapters on DOS functions including how to muck about with FCB's, differences between .COM and .EXE, using the 8087, programming the different adaptors (including graphics cards and diskette adaptor), and the ROM BIOS. There's also a section on the terminate and stay resident stuff, including sample code. For straight 8088 assembler hacking I prefer Scanlon's book "IBM PC Assembly Language", but Bradley's book has some instructive code segments. -- Jim Gillogly {decvax, vortex}!randvax!jim jim@rand-unix.arpa