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From: "Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:00:05 +0300 (MSK)
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Hi!

27-ξΟΡ-2000 16:36 PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de (Matthias Paul) wrote to
opendos AT delorie DOT com:
MP> On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 Arkady V.Belousov wrote:

>> MP> As far as I remember they switch internal flags to control some of
>> MP> the auto-loaded drivers, but right now, I cannot remember what it
>> MP> was exactly, sorry. I do remember that I found them meaningless for
>> MP> DR-DOS when I implemented the other additions. I would have to
>> MP> look up this stuff, if you really need this info.
>>      And where else I can get such info? :(
MP> Since its from Microsoft you will likely find it not to be documented.
MP> At least I couldn t find any documentation for these.

     Many things really documented by MS and sometime available on one from
their sites, but this _very_ hard to find if this possible _find_ at all (I
mean, if you not know specific URL). :(

MP> The usual (very time-consuming) methods to find out things like this
MP> are: trying, guessing, and having a very sharp look at it (that is
MP> trace it in a debugger), repeat these steps until its narrowed down
MP> (can be 100 times and more, sometimes, depending on the complexity).

     Do you know disassembling is an unlawful action in many cases/counties?
Of course, this not stop explorers :) but MS programs too big and hard to
research. :( _I_ not ready to spend so many forces.