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From: kim@mips.UUCP (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: HELP: need MS-DOS interrupt params.
Message-ID: <239@mips.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Nov-85 07:38:19 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 24 07:38:19 1985
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[ ... go ahead, eat my bits ... ]

> INT 5H is print screen.  Probably not what you want.
> INT 17H, AH=0 prints a character (AL) to printer (0-2, DX)
> 		on return, AH=status
> INT 17H, AH=1 initializes printer (0-2, DX)
> INT 17H, AH=2 reads printer status (printer number in DX)

Those rupts are for PC-DOS, *not* MS-DOS (though some machines may
		    ^^		  ^^
support them in their own BIOS).  What's needed for the MS-DOS function
is a call to Int 21h, with AH = 05h, and the character to be printed
in DL.

There *are* other things in life besides Blue!

/kim
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