Re: Machine level file I/O

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At 11:26 PM 28-02-1999 , you wrote:
>Thanks Bernie and Pete for replying so quickly.  Once I installed the new
>code into DOSWRAP, it seemed to work just fine.  One more question though.
>If int21h, 4200h uses 4-bytes execute the seek (CX:DX), how would I do a
>seek to a position greater than 256^4, or it this the DOS limit on low level
>I/O?

I may be wrong, but shouldn't that be 2^32 = 4GB? (4 bytes = 32 bits).


Regards,
         Daniel  Berstein
         [daber at pair.com]

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