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From: rommel@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Kai-Uwe Rommel)
Subject: Re: INT 2Fh  DOS <-> Windows
Message-ID: <1991May13.092425.13049@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
Keywords: Windows, Interrupts
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Date: Mon, 13 May 1991 09:24:25 GMT
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In article <1991May9.133346.15362@rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> martin@mecha2.verfahrenstechnik.uni-stuttgart.de (Martin Hepperle) writes:
>I found several remarks on that mysterious usage of int 2F
>to perform various tasks, e.g. establish a communication
>between DOS and Windows at interrupt level. 
>I read about documentation of these calls in the DDK.
>Is there another reference which contains a good description
>of int 2F and it's usage/parameters or am I supposed to
>buy the DDK ?  Too bad that the SDK docu has no information

A description of the purpose of INT 2F and how it is to be used can
be found in the DOS technical reference manual.

Kai Uwe Rommel

/* Kai Uwe Rommel, Munich ----- rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */

DOS ... is still a real mode only non-reentrant interrupt
handler, and always will be.                -Russell Williams