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Article #7873Re: why does program stop print spooler?
From: SCHEUTZOW,MICHAEL J
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1986 19:28
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1986 19:28
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> >I have a C program that stops the print spooler ( the PRINT command). >The spooler stops printing >whin this program is in control, and resumes normally when it exits. > Does the C-program grab interrupt 28h? I believe that PRINT uses this interrupt to achieve a pseudo-form of multitasking. When the machine is waiting around for you to type something, it ocassionally calls int int 28h when it is safe to do so. See Best of BIX in the Sept issue of BYTE. Mike Scheutzow Trek trivia: In what state was Kirk born? Georgia Tech gt6294b@gitpyr.uucp
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!gitpyr!gt6294b From: gt6294b@gitpyr.UUCP (SCHEUTZOW,MICHAEL J) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: why does program stop print spooler? Message-ID: <2247@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 15:28:10 EDT Article-I.D.: gitpyr.2247 Posted: Thu Sep 11 15:28:10 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Sep-86 21:43:45 EDT References: <729@tekred.UUCP> Reply-To: gt6294b@gitpyr.UUCP (SCHEUTZOW,MICHAEL J) Distribution: na Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 14