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to: SYLVAIN LAUZON
from: HANS LUNSING
date: 1997-02-26 18:42:00
subject: int 2f

Hello Sylvain
On Monday, 24 February 1997 00:01:00, you wrote to All:
 SL> hi! I need an help to figure what these returned codes mean.
 SL> Function AL = 00
 SL>          AH = 00  DOS 2.x PRINT.COM (undocumented, see note below)
 SL>               01  PRINT  (undocumented behavior also, see note below)
 SL>         on return:
 SL>         AL = 00  not installed, ok to install
 SL>            = 01  not installed, do NOT install
 SL>            = FF  installed
 SL>  I installed PRINT in memory tried AH=00, it returns AL=01
 SL>  " "         "     "  "      "     AH=01, it returns AL=FF
 SL>  What AL=01 really mean?? If I believe these statements, it says "not
 SL>  installed"  but its totaly untrue!
AH = 0 is for DOS 2.x PRINT.COM, and it says AL = 01, not installed,
do not install (presumably because you have a later version of DOS).
AH = 1 is for later versions, and it says AL = FF, installed. What's
wrong with that?
Friendly greeting you,
Hans Lunsing,           Fido     : 2:281/607.214, 2:282/610.12
                        Internet : jlunsing@doge.nl
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