10 Jan
2007
10 Jan
'07
1:12 a.m.
On 9 Jan 2007 at 15:32, Chris M wrote:
*went out to the shed. Yes there is present in the
BIOS a service to format tracks. Not all clones comply
in this way though (but where would the routine to do
this be if not in the bios?). I noticed in the docs
for my NEC APC III that DOS function calls were more
or less the same as a vanilla pc, but I don't recall
seeing mention of the equivalent BIOS calls. Anyone know?*
I believe that the APC follows the NEC 9801 convention, but I'm not
certain. The BIOS calls are very diffierent from the PC version. A
Google should turn something up; I know the calls are mentioned in
Ralf Brown's interrupt list--and there was a rundown in one of the PC
rags--maybe DOS/Windows Developer? I probably also have a list in my
files.
Cheers,
Chuck