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to: BARRY BLOCK
from: AUKE REITSMA
date: 1997-09-16 20:05:00
subject: set country from prompt

Hi Barry,
On 15 Sep 97, 15:40, you wrote to Auke Reitsma
 BB>>> Hello all, why does this not work?
 AR>> Incorrect interpretation of the interrupt list.
...
 BB>>> AL = 01h thru FEh for specific country with code <255
 BB>>> AL = FFh for specific country with code >= 255
 BB>>> BX = 16-bit country code (see #0713)
 BB>      Yes, I see. AH must be set to 38h so any number in AL >FFh
 BB>      can't go on in AH. So BX is used instead.
 BB>      However it still does not work.
 BB>      I have checked it in D86 (disassembler) so that the command
 BB> interpreter
 BB>      is not involved (4DOS). For any number in AL it always
 BB> returns 1.
 BB>      I have tried DX,200h and BX,0 and BX,0ffffh also.
 BB>      I am not using country.sys so would expect the default to be
 BB> 1.
Then try loading country.sys first ...
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