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From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: undocumented DOS call for switch character
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Date: 1 Oct 89 16:29:18 GMT
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In-reply-to: asc@concurrent.co.uk's message of 22 Sep 89 06:58:36 GMT
In article <933@sl10c.concurrent.co.uk> asc@concurrent.co.uk (Andy Chittenden) writes:
Does anybody know what the undocumented DOS calls are to set and get
the switch character?
Thanks in anticipation, Andy
This seems to be a common question. Follows software by yours truly that
should make the point clear...
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