Re: Help with SWITCHAR

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From: Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1986 22:57

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In article <2279@phri.UUCP> greenber@phri.UUCP (Ross Greenberg) writes:
>In article <5095@alice.uUCp> sgt@alice.UucP (Steve Tell) writes:
>[Taking about the Internal Switchar Function]:
>>
>>It would help the situation very much if this call were
>>documented by IBM in their otherwise decent "Dos Technical Reference
>>Manual"
>>Instead of saying "Function 37h: Reserved for DOS"
>>
>>How many other "Reserved for DOS" functions would be of
>>use to everyone?

Seems like the more recent versions of MS link have stopped looking at
the SWITCHAR function.  This may be a sign that SWITCHAR support is on its
way out.

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Subject: Re: Help with SWITCHAR
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