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From: Mark T
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"Huw Bellringer" <hbellringer@netmachine.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> How do I access the sector 0 of a floppy disk using bcc5.51 I cannot seem
to
> find any functions.

You can try using the software interrupt INT13. I don't know if this will
work, but it should do if you are running an IBM compatible PC.

Documentation of this can be found at

http://www.htl-steyr.ac.at/~_morg/pcinfo/hardware/interrupts/inte1at0.htm

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Subject: Re: Accessing low level areas of drives.
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