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Functions HI-TECH C BIOS

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BIOS (CP/M only)

SYNOPSIS

#includ   <cpm.h>

char bios(int n, int a1, int a2)


DESCRIPTION

This function will call the n'th bios entry point (cold boot = 0, warm boot = 1, etc.) with register BC (CX) set to the argument a1 and DE (DX) set to the argument a2. The return value is the contents of register A (AX) after the bios call. On CP/M-86, bdos function 50 is used to perform the bios call. This function should not be used unless unavoidable, since it is highly non-portable. There is even no guarantee of portability of bios calls between differing CP/M systems.

SEE ALSO

bdos