Date: Thu, 8 Jun 1995 12:05:31 -0400
From: Dong Liu <dliu AT faraday-gw DOT njit DOT edu>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Cc: UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu,
        pascord AT ns DOT tokyo DOT web DOT ad DOT jp
Subject: Re: About DJGCC's BIOS CALL is capable under LINUX
References: <9506080611 DOT AA03240 AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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>>>>> On Thu, 8 Jun 1995 09:11:08 +0300, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii) said:

> >I'm using  DOS iterrupt functions, e.g int86(0x10,&regs,&regs),
> >successfully with DJGCC compiler running under DOS. Will these programs
> >be working well under LINUX environment ? Please let me know.
>
> No, but you may be able to replace them with syscalls or even standard

Eli> Doesn't DOSEMU emulate the int86() interface?  AFAIK, it must, or else
Eli> no DOS program won't run, right?

DOSEMU emulate the hardware and some bios routine. if you have enabled
direct grapghics access, the video bios routine is actually done by your
video card.

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Dong Liu  <dliu AT ace DOT njit DOT edu>
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102