Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!acorn!ixi!mike From: mike@x.co.uk (Mike Moore) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Good MS-DOS/PC-DOS BIOS Cookbook wanted Summary: Experienced Z80, 386 assembly programmer has moved to PC-DOS! Keywords: book assembly msdos Message-ID: Date: 19 Apr 91 13:59:39 GMT Reply-To: mike@x.co.uk (Mike Moore) Organization: IXI Limited, Cambridge, UK Lines: 20 Hi folks! I'm a computer addict who learned how to program a Z80 years ago and has some experience of programming the 386 on a UNIX machine, however, I just recently found out I could afford a PC so I bought a second-hand 286 and now want to get to grips with it. As can be predicted, there is no documentation with my 'new' machine, so I'm looking for good manuals describing PC-DOS BIOS, general cookbooks for DOS systems, how to use graphics cards direct from assembly (i.e. how to do my own things without using BIOS calls) disk interface stuff is also useful, as wells as serial and parallel interface. Tactics for using extended memory and any other kind of memory are especially of interest to me. Thank you, Mike mike@x.co.uk -- --- | usual and obvious disclaimers etc... | Never take a Mike Moore | (anyone daft enough to sue me deserves | Scorpio seriously. mike@x.co.uk | to win a share in my negative cashflow!) | I know, I am one.