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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:15:01 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel <kalum AT lintux DOT cx>
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Subject: Re: dos color ?
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, Prashant TR wrote:
> 
> > IMHO, this is *not* a good idea. This is ideal for real mode
> > programs. You can never be sure that the "INT 10" will be passed to
> > real mode. Some extenders support it, some don't. The best way to do
> 
> AFAIK aren't int 10h and  21h (among certain others) guaranteed to be
> passed on to  the real mode handler...

They are.  As a matter of fact, *all* interrupts are passed, except that 
functions that accept pointers to buffers will not work.

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