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- ** Programmer's Technical Reference for MSDOS and the IBM PC **
- Copyright (c) 1987, 1992 Dave Williams
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- This is a listing of some of the new stuff added to the Reference. I didn't
- keep a version list until 2.0; lots of stuff gets added between version
- numbers.
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- 09/87 first shareware release of the reference
- 11/87 LIM 3.2 functions
- 01/88 LIM 4.0 spec
- 05/88 AST EEMS 3.2 spec
- 06/88 DesQview and TopView calls, NetBIOS calls
- 07/88 Intel CAS 1.0 spec
- 12/88 Microsoft XMA 2.0 standard
- 03/89 Microsoft Windows 1.03 API
- 04/89 porting between operating systems
- 04/89 video programming
- 04/89 more networking
- 04/89 mouse programming
- 04/89 table of contents at beginning of each chapter
- 06/89 major bugfixes and verification of data
- 09/89 Microsoft TSR Programming Guidelines 1.0 (provisional)
- 10/89 PharLap VCPI 1.0
- 10/89 LANtastic network API
- 10/89 PC-MOS/386 4.00 partial API
- 10/89 partial DesQview and TopView
- 10/89 further updates to MS Windows API
- 12/89 PCjr cartridge support in DOS
- 12/89 more info on European multitasking DOS 4.0
- 12/89 added some paint program formats
- 12/89 info on computer viruses and Trojan Horses
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- 06/90 expanded sysid ID codes in Chapter 2
- 07/90 add Connor Peripheral drives to Appendix 6
- 07/90 add Imprimis drives to Appendix 6
- 08/90 Weitek x167 math coprocessor interfaces
- 10/90 info on Pelican/Kodak 5.5mb 5-1/4 floppy drives
- 10/90 added info in IBM PC LAN and Token Ring API
- 11/90 int 10h functions for EGALOAD font loader, LANtastic AI-LANBIOS 2Fh
- calls, CopyIIPC board ports, UMB definition in Chap2, updated Appendix
- 11 (glossary), added new Appendix 21 (hotkey definitions), completely
- reworked partition tables in Chapter 8
- 12/90 added more network functions from IBM PC LAN reference
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- Version 2.0 released!
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- 01/91 EISA access ports, more Carbon Copy int 10h calls, more history of
- DOS, changes to partition table info in Chapter 8, more info on
- IRQ7/int17, more info on eDOS 4.0, Pelican I/O ports, CopyII board I/O
- ports, added network info to int 21h calls, added DOS 1.x info to int
- 21h calls, added ARJ archive format to Appendix 15
- 02/91 added DHELP.BAT to DOSCMDS. Lots of new ravings in MISCSTUF. STB VGA
- modes added to chap16, ADT SmartFAX function calls, 8250 UART coverage,
- 8237 DMA Controller coverage, NEC 765 floppy controller chip coverage,
- more coverage on AT int 70h timer, more Novell calls, GriD ID bytes
- and specific BIOS functions, Leading Edge Model M undocumented BIOS
- 1Ah functions, Versa-Spool interrupts, ZIPKEY int 0B3h calls
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- 04/91 extensive additions of network card port addresses to Chapter 2
- extensive additions to hard drive listings
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- 05/91 added Appendix 22, Sound Blaster API
- added Appendix 23, French-Canadian accented character chart
- moved XMS spec from Chapter 5 to Chapter 10, since many people missed
- it buried in the 2Fh calls.
- added more Desqview programming information
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- 06/91 removed obsolete TIFF information; Aldus will give the latest spec
- to anyone who asks. Put TIFF hotline number in Appendix 20.
- added CIS GIF file format, by permission of H&R Block and CIS.
- added PCX file format, by permission of ZSoft.
- added DOS 5 mods and new information to ASSIGN in Chapter 5.
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- 07/91 received permission from VESA to redistribute VESA documents.
- documented SWITCHAR no longer works in 5.0
- int 2Fh/fn 4Ah DOS 5 HMA services (partial)
- int 21h/fn 33h DOS 5 "real" DOS version call
- more information on 21h/60h (TRUENAME) and networks, Win3
- added 8250 info back to Chapter 15
- moved CIS GIF file format to Appendix 24
- hex chart
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- Version 2.1 released
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- 08/91 added more DV info to int 10h/0FEh
- added int 21h and int 2Fh calls for DOS 5.0 from MS 5.0 Tech Ref
- moved DoubleDOS functions from Chapter 4 to Chapter 17
- added how to detect VDISK, some DV info to chap3, 15h/87h
- more info on chap3, 15h/83h and 86h, AT int70 timer functions
- more into on Create Temporary File changes under MS and DR 5.0
- more model ID bytes in chapter 2
- noted potential problems with MSC int86() and ints 25h, 26h
- added CheckIt parallel loopback tester pinout
- greatly enhanced bibliography (50 new entries!)
- more info on the history of the PCjr
- included Raintree's nice information file on DOS4 and SHARE
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- IBM-to-Mac serial cable adapter pinouts
- more on 2Fh/16h, DOS give-up-time (used by OS/2 2.0 and Win3 too)
- port addresses on Logitech ScanMan board
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- Microsoft TSR Specification 1.0 as Appendix 26
- AT&T 6300 BIOS Data Area problem, Chapter 2
- more info on int 15h,fn 4Fh (OS Hook)
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