Mail Archives: djgpp/2004/05/19/16:33:48
> From: 048321887-0001 AT t-online DOT de (Udo Kuhnt)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 19 May 2004 12:58:41 -0700
>
> Hm, I am not very fond of mailing lists since I already get lots of mail.
??? If you want to discuss an issue, you've got to get messages,
right?
You don't ned to subscribe to the list: if you participate in a
discussion, the messages are sent to any participants, whether or not
they are subscribers.
> Is there also a web forum or newsgroup for these topics?
No, only a mailing list.
> > So: what version(s) of DR-DOS support this API, and how can a DJGPP
> > program know whether it runs on such a version of DR-DOS?
>
> All versions of the 7.0x series feature this API, probably including v8.0.
> Since the multitasking API can be disabled in these versions, an installation
> check exists to verify that MT is active; this is done by function 1101h of
> the MT API. If CX is zero after calling this function, the MT API is present;
> if it still contains 1101h, then it is not present.
What happens if that function is called on some other DOS system?
That is, how can we know we run on DR-DOS 7.x or higher vs, say MS-DOS
6.22?
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