tran@peora.sdc.ccur.com (Nhan Tran) (03/19/91)
Does BIOS calls work in Xenix the same way in DOS? Anyone know? Nhan Tran.
eeg@frame.UUCP (Eric Griswold) (03/21/91)
In article <4647@peora.sdc.ccur.com> tran@peora.sdc.ccur.com (Nhan Tran) writes:
] Do BIOS calls work in Xenix the same way in DOS?
Nope. VP/ix aside, there is no way to make a BIOS call while Xenix
is running.lbr@holos0.uucp (Len Reed) (03/22/91)
In article <4647@peora.sdc.ccur.com> tran@peora.sdc.ccur.com (Nhan Tran) writes: > > Does BIOS calls work in Xenix the same way in DOS? Anyone know? Lord, no. The BIOS isn't even re-entrant. Xenix (and Unix, too) uses the BIOS for the initial stages of the bootstrap and then ignores it. -- Len Reed Holos Software, Inc. Voice: (404) 496-1358 UUCP: ...!gatech!holos0!lbr