ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º Programmer's Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC SWv2.2a º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ This is a user-supported technical reference. If you find this information to be of use, please mail your check or money order for US $20 + $1.75 S&H to: ÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ ³ Dave Williams, DOSREF ³ ³ PO Box 181 ³ ³ Jacksonville, AR 72076-0181 ³ ³ USA ³ ÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ Shipping is US Postal Service Air Mail. For non-Australian foreign orders, see the file 'PAYMENT'. Site licensing and product licensing terms are available. If you wish to make payment in Australian dollars, please mail your check or money order for AUS $29 or credit card information to to: ÑÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÑ ³ Spearwood Shareware Service ³ ³ PO Box 121 ³ ³ Hamilton Hill, WA 6163 ³ ³ Australia ³ ÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏ Spearwood Shareware Service is our authorized Australian dealer. They will forward your order to the USA and you will receive the absolute latest version of DOSREF by airmail straight from the author. This means there will be about a three week delay before your order arrives. We appreciate your business! Spearwood is our dealer only; for support write or E-mail the author, Dave Williams, at the above address. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Why support DOSREF instead of relying on one of those public domain "interrupt lists"? Sheer size, for one. Even in LHarc format DOSREF bulks out to over a megabyte, making it too large for most sysops to consider keeping online. Registered users also get support via: The Courts of Chaos BBS (TechRef support board) RIME/RelayNet BIX CompuServe airmail You get the very latest edition of this manual on disk, with no worries about corrupted or tampered text. DOSREF is a quality product, in use by the US Navy, CalTech, Borland, NEC, Wang, General Motors, Citicorp, Rockwell, Honeywell, Digital Research, Central Point Software, 20th Century Fox, Associated Press, hospitals, universities, and government agencies around the world. The Registered User reference consists of over a megabyte of the compressed technical reference, appendices, and sample source code. That's about three megabytes of raw data when uncompressed, or several times larger than the shareware version. The Registered User version contains information on device drivers, mouse programming, Virtual Control Program Interface, Microsoft Windows 2.x, hard drives, hardware information, virus and Trojan programs, EMS 3.2, LIM 4.0, EEMS 3.2, CD-ROM, network programming, DOS 5.0, and more. Registered users will be advised by mail of updates. Several people who have downloaded copies over three years old have written to see if I was still supporting the Reference. The answer is yes. Not only that, but my book contract calls for keeping the information current. If you're concerned, just drop a postcard. ***************************************************************************** Foreign langauge versions are available! Klaus Overhage of Stuttgart, West Germany has licensed DOSref for redistribution and is now able to provide versions in German. Klaus' version is a separate product from this one and must be purchased separately. Klaus is providing full support for German users. If you'd like a copy in German, please contact: Klaus Overhage Rosenstrasse 15 A 7000 Stuttgart 50 Germany I hope to have other languages available soon. If you are interested in purchase or translation, please contact me for details. ***************************************************************************** For payment in British pounds, Canadian dollars or EuroCheques, see INVOICE.TRF and PAYMENT. I fully support foreign users! If you're having trouble arranging payment, write (or leave EMail) and I'll try to work something out. Do you live outside the US? If so, you're probably familiar with the hassles of keeping up with the latest information - the three to five month lead time for US publication, plus time for local book dealers to catalog new releases, plus problems in trying to order... plus the delays while your book comes in on special order, goes through Customs, the inevitable price hikes through all the middlemen, taxes... not only is DOSREF priced well below the price of good printed computer books in the US, it's probably far cheaper than you could expect to pay for US books locally. Plus your order will show up in your very own mailbox by air mail. ***************************************************************************** Printed copies of the Tech Ref are available for œ16.95 or US$35.10 from Sigma Press, marketed by John Wiley & Sons UK. Address orders to: Programmer's Technical Reference by Dave Williams ISBN 185058-199-1 John Wiley & Sons Baffins Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1UD England They accept checks, most credit cards, or purchase orders. ***************************************************************************** The latest shareware version is always available on BIX the ibm.dos/listings area, the GEnie IBM file area, or: The Courts of Chaos, (501)985-0059, (support BBS) CompuCom 9600 The Cat House, (501)376-6909, (sysop: Joe Felix) CompuCom 9600 RelayNet node ->CHAOS send mail in COMMON or MULTITSK (I'm the Conference Host for Multitask) MetroNet node ->CHAOS send mail in METRONET The DRAKE BBS, (0522) 824379, (sysop: Paolo Masetti) Langhirano, Italy FIDOnet 2:332/502 GroupMed, (206) 581-9088 (sysop: Ismail Arslangiray) Tacoma WA, USA FIDOnet 1:138/120 2400bps, 1:138/116 9600bps USR HST instant access, latest DOSREF is FREQable ***************************************************************************** Shareware is try-before-you buy software. If you find this package to be of use you should consider registering. Registered users get the complete version, support, and updates. If you received this copy of DOSREF from a shareware vendor the money you paid was only for the diskette, not the software. Dave Williams is a member of the User Supported Software Association (ussa). ussa wants to make sure that the user supported software principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a software-related problem with a ussa member by contacting the member directly, ussa may be able to help. The ussa Mediator can help you resolve a dispute or problem with a ussa member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ussa Mediator at Box 1000, London SE17 2UA, England. ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ÚÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ÀÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÃÂÄÄÂÄÄ´ Approved ³³ ³Ú¿³ Author ³ÀÄÄÙ³³³ ÃÂÄÄÂÁÁ´ User - ³³ ³Ú¿³ Supported ³ÀÄÄÙ³³³ Software ÃÄÄÄÂÙô Association ³ÚÄ¿³ ³³ ³ÀÄÙÀÄÙ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ussa