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MS-DOS system programming / edited by David L. Burki and Robert Ward.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lawrence, Kansas : R & D Publications, c1994Edition: Third editionDescription: x, 812 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780132073820
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 76.76.O63 .M73 1994
Contents:
Accessing the global MS-DOS environment / Scott Robert Ladd -- Navigating the DOS file allocation table / Robert L. Hummel -- Modifying DOS boots / Steven K. Graham -- Converting a Microsoft C program into a TSR / Michael J. Young -- Loading TSRs into expanded memory / Thomas W. Olsen -- Making Windows and DOS programs talk / Thomas W. Olsen -- A swapping replacement for the spawn () family / Ralf Brown -- Exploiting the 386 four-byte moves / Davie Lee Reed -- The LOADALL instruction / Robert Collins -- Critical Error handling / David L. Burki. Ctrl-C and ctrl-break handling under DOS / David L. Burki -- Handling DOS file handle limits / David L. Burki -- Preventing lost keystrokes / David L. Burki -- Gracefully breaking out of infinite loops / David L. Burki -- Checking for debug information / Matt Pietrek -- Programming the PC game port / John F. Jarrett -- Using the parallell port for high-speed file transfer / David McCombs -- Demystifying interrupt-driven serial communications / Russell L. Jacobs -- Introduction to the VGA video display card / Rick Ladymon -- The math coprocessor / Lee Daniel Crocker. Interfacing the PC floppy disk controller / Larry Widing -- Writing for the PC speaker / Robert D. Bybee -- Event timing on MS-DOS PCs / Phyllis K. Lang -- Writing device drivers with Turbo C / Robert Allen -- Using CD-ROM device drivers / Dirk S. Baum -- DMA revealed / Karen Hazzah -- Self-loading device drivers for DOS / Thomas Nelson -- Interfacing a Windows program to a real-mode device driver / Charles Mirho -- DDE to DOS / Guy Eddon.
Summary: This book is an eclectic collection of tools for the developer who is writing those lean, efficient modern-day DOS programs. You won't find generic tutorials here, or annotated, alphabetized testimonials of every known DOS command. What you will find is a bundle of tricks for faster, cleaner code.
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Includes index.

Accessing the global MS-DOS environment / Scott Robert Ladd -- Navigating the DOS file allocation table / Robert L. Hummel -- Modifying DOS boots / Steven K. Graham -- Converting a Microsoft C program into a TSR / Michael J. Young -- Loading TSRs into expanded memory / Thomas W. Olsen -- Making Windows and DOS programs talk / Thomas W. Olsen -- A swapping replacement for the spawn () family / Ralf Brown -- Exploiting the 386 four-byte moves / Davie Lee Reed -- The LOADALL instruction / Robert Collins -- Critical Error handling / David L. Burki. Ctrl-C and ctrl-break handling under DOS / David L. Burki -- Handling DOS file handle limits / David L. Burki -- Preventing lost keystrokes / David L. Burki -- Gracefully breaking out of infinite loops / David L. Burki -- Checking for debug information / Matt Pietrek -- Programming the PC game port / John F. Jarrett -- Using the parallell port for high-speed file transfer / David McCombs -- Demystifying interrupt-driven serial communications / Russell L. Jacobs -- Introduction to the VGA video display card / Rick Ladymon -- The math coprocessor / Lee Daniel Crocker. Interfacing the PC floppy disk controller / Larry Widing -- Writing for the PC speaker / Robert D. Bybee -- Event timing on MS-DOS PCs / Phyllis K. Lang -- Writing device drivers with Turbo C / Robert Allen -- Using CD-ROM device drivers / Dirk S. Baum -- DMA revealed / Karen Hazzah -- Self-loading device drivers for DOS / Thomas Nelson -- Interfacing a Windows program to a real-mode device driver / Charles Mirho -- DDE to DOS / Guy Eddon.

This book is an eclectic collection of tools for the developer who is writing those lean, efficient modern-day DOS programs. You won't find generic tutorials here, or annotated, alphabetized testimonials of every known DOS command. What you will find is a bundle of tricks for faster, cleaner code.

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