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Re: Yet another switch.com

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From: Ed Nather
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1986 02:30
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I use this to set SWITCHAR to "\" on bootup, so I can use "/" in
pathnames.  I call it "int37.com" and it takes up a whole 9 bytes.
It is premptive: it does ONLY that job and doesn't chatter.
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cseg    segment para public 'code'
        assume cs:cseg,ds:cseg,es:cseg,ss:cseg

org     100h

ent     proc near
        MOV DL,'\'      ; DL was slash, change it to backslash
        MOV AX,3701h    ; AH=CharOper, AL=Set it
        INT 21h         ; DOS Command
        RET
ent     endp
cseg    ends
        end ent

-- 
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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nather@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU
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From: nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather)
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Subject: Re: Yet another switch.com
Message-ID: <5254@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 5-Jul-86 22:30:28 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jul  5 22:30:28 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 6-Jul-86 04:42:37 EDT
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Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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