OpenEuphoria

Re: More bugs in exw.exe

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at ?m?.de> Jul 17, 2007
• 608 views

CChris wrote:

> In a DOS Handbuch I happen to have in the depths of mmy archives, the
> following
> is written about functions AX=#65A0-2:
> 
> <quote>
> Die Funktionen sind erst als DOS 4.0 vorhanden und wurden bisher nicht
> dokumentiert.
> Sie wandeln Filenamen in Großbuchstaben um. Es gilt die gleiche
> Aufrufschnittstelle
> wie bei den Funktionen AX=6520H bis 6522H. Der Aufruf funktioniert aber wegen
> eines Bugs in den DOS versionen 4.0 bis 5.0 nicht.
> </quote>

Translation:
| The functions have not been available until DOS 4.0, and have not been
| documented up to now. They convert file names to capital letters. In
| order to call them, use the same interface as for functions AX=6520H to
| 6522H. Because of a bug, the functions do not work in DOS versions 4.0
| to 5.0, though.

> Juergen, or anyone else who speaks german: does this imply that these
> functions
> shouldn't be used? Are they the same as the AX=#6520-6522?

Maybe tomorrow I'll have some time to look into Ralph Brown's interrupt
list, and maybe then I can say something about it. Currently we have
warm tropical nights here, and I want to "finish work" now and drink a
beer. 

Regards,
   Juergen