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DOS Globals? File system busy?/Dos active?

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From: Brad Parker
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1986 00:22
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There was some excellent discussion in some (?) ms-dos related
news groups about how to detect if DOS was busy from an interupt.
I didn't save the articles and would really like MAIL from any and all
who could shed light on this.

I'd like (ideally) to be able to do DOS traps from an interupt routine.
The previous discussion seems to be from folks who had tackled the
"ibm-pc-as-disk/file-server" problem as this is a common problem in 
that arena. At least several of the posters seems to know what DOS
globals to look at and what technique is recommended to determine
if DOS is active; techniques were also discussed on how to deal with
these issues.

If you posted this wisdom, please send me mail. I have a small utility
which really needs this.

Brad Parker
harvard!gcc-milo!brad

Thanks. I'm new to the 80x86 world; Yow - a linear address space and 16
registers can really spoil a guy! ;-)
-- 

J Bradford Parker
General Computer (HyperDrive Beach)
harvard!gcc-milo!brad

"She said, 'Just drive.'" -heard on the radio.
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Subject: DOS Globals? File system busy?/Dos active?
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Date: Mon, 7-Apr-86 19:22:53 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  7 19:22:53 1986
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