[net.micro] MS-DOS 2.xx wizardry needed

LCAMPBELL%dec-marlboro@sri-unix.UUCP (02/27/84)

From:  Larry Campbell <LCAMPBELL@dec-marlboro>

Help!  Has anyone successfully used DOS call 4B (Load and Execute
a Process)?  More pertinently, has anyone discovered any bad magic needed
to make it work?  I know about doing a Set Block (call 4A) first to
free up some memory but 4B still blows up on me.  More precisely,
the loaded program appears to be born with congenital brain damage;
it runs, but does mysterious and terrifying things (independent of
what program I'm trying to load).  Any clues out there?

- lc
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jph@whuxle.UUCP (03/02/84)

#R:sri-arpa:-1697500:whuxle:21300005:000:211
whuxle!jph    Mar  2 06:00:00 1984

In the December 1983 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal, there is a
very good article (8pages) on how to use the EXEC (4BH)
system call in DOS, complete with example listings and the
incantations that have to be said.