Re: What's wrong with this simple Ada w/ assembly code?

[jerry@jvdsys.stuyts.nl (Jerry van Dijk)]

Tom Moran (tmoran@bix.com) wrote:

: >No, there are _no_ interrupts in Windows.

: 16 bit DOS apps that use Int 10, for instance, run just fine in a
: Windows 95 DOS window, at least on my machine.  It's been a while
: since I wrote, or used, a 32 bit "Extended DOS" program, but don't
: they also do what's necessary to handle such interrupts, IO, etc,
: while running under Windows?

Yes, on Win9X (and to a lesser extend NT) you can run DOS programs
that use interrupts. 

What I tried to point out was:

-> If you want to write DOS programs, use a DOS compiler. GNAT/NT generates
   code for Win32, not DOS.

   [The confusion here is that, contrary to for example OS/2, there is only
    one type of console window in Win9x, which is called the MS-DOS window.
    In reality it is a Win32 console with the ability to recognize DOS
    excutables and running them in a emulated DOS environment]

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