From: assemblywizard@gmail.com   
      
   That isn't pascal, it is dos, that is why it is in the dos unit, duh!!!   
   You can run dos on a mainframe... (well, you could, most programmers   
   would be too intelligent to translate it to run there...)   
      
   If top posting bothers you, consult with a mental health clinic in your   
   area--I think they have medication which can help you...   
      
   John   
   "F Verbeek"  wrote in message   
   news:11a0p4ilrk7oud8@corp.supernews.com...   
   > In the obscure news:kFHne.184$VJ6.8276110@news.sisna.com,   
   > Someone calling himself John Smith   
   > suspiciously hiding as  uttered:   
   >   
   > Please stop the top posting. You are messing up the quotes.   
   >   
   >> no, it is assembly...  high level languages hande the int's for   
   >> you...   
   >> you are never required to know how to call up bios and dos int   
   >> code...   
   >>   
   >   
   > Interrupt calls are not an assembly invention. They are due to the   
   > system   
   > and OS architecture. You can do them in almost any language.   
   >   
   > The registers type is a school example of a pascal construct. It is   
   > defined in the dos unit as   
   >   
   >  type   
   >    Registers = record   
   >      case Integer of   
   >      0: (AX, BX, CX, DX, BP, SI, DI, DS, ES, Flags: Word);   
   >      1: (AL, AH, BL, BH, CL, CH, DL, DH: Byte);   
   >    end;   
   >   
   > The call to the Intr procedure handles the storing and restoring of   
   > the   
   > fields.   
   > The compiler deals with the processor handling.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Femme Verbeek   
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