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Where did AL go
Appreciated your section about the extended Int 21 services for LFNs in a W95 DOS box. [http://www.zekes.com/~blunt/longfile.htm] However, with the Function 7143h (Set/Get file attributes), where does the original AL value go? This used to be 0 for get file attributes and 1 to set.
[DOS User]
Since service 71h now needs AL to define the subservice to use, we now need to include the set/get value in a different register. Microsoft decided to use BL since it was not used originally. Ralf Browns Interrupt list has more info on this. You get get this list from: http://www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/ralf/pub/WWW/files. [Ed.]
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Assemblers?
Where can I get a free assembler?
[DOS User]
There are many assemblers on the web today. Some ranging from small .COM file only assemblers that are great learners, to full blown .OBJ, .COM, and .EXE file assemblers. Look at On the Net for a list of freeware, shareware, and commercial assemblers. [Ed.]
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