Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!bionet!ames!vsi1!daver!versatc.versatec.COM!leadsv!zech From: zech@leadsv.UUCP (Bill Zech) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: System boot Summary: clarification Keywords: system boot Message-ID: <9313@leadsv.UUCP> Date: 9 Jan 90 23:16:11 GMT References: <945@excelan.COM> <77@qmsseq.imagen.com> <9312@leadsv.UUCP> Organization: LOCKHEED, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 14 In article <9312@leadsv.UUCP>, zech@leadsv.UUCP (Bill Zech) writes: > > INT 19 > This is a DOS boot ONLY. The BIOS interrupts are *NOT* > reset. Note that INT 19 is a DOS interrupt, not a BIOS int. > ^^^ Actually, DOS takes over this interrupt after it boots up. I believe the BIOS does honor int 19, which will either boot up DOS or BASIC, on a PC. Sorry! -Bill