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Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 12:19:14 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Robert Jaycocks <R DOT Jaycocks1 AT lut DOT ac DOT uk>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: cwsdpmi beta9 - Bug

On Fri, 12 Jan 1996, Robert Jaycocks wrote:

> In the latest version of the cwsdpmi program (beta9), what is the correct
> method of redirection the int24 interrupt vector. This is required so that
> the program prints up a user friendly message box if the user tries to 
> access the drive, when there is no disk within the drive. The method I was

I think that if you don't hook Int 24h at all, the call that tries to 
access an empty drive will just fail, without printing the infamous 
`Abort, Retry Fail' message.  If I'm right, you can get away without 
hooking Int 24h (if that's acceptable for your application).

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