From: markus.humm1@freenet.de   
      
   John Smith schrieb:   
   > .... because the only reason a person would stay emulating dos int's   
   > though a windows dos box--is if they don't know how to call the winapi   
   > directly--windows is going to do that anyway, to emulate the dos   
   > int's--much better just to do it yourself...   
      
   Yes, that fact is known.   
      
   >   
   > .... Windows cannot give you access to msdos or bios int's (in the REAL   
   > sense), it would crash if it did...  allowing your int to halt the whole   
   > multi-tasking OS is a no-no...   
      
   Yes I knew this as well. But sometimes emulation could be better or have   
   less bugs...   
   >   
   > .... only valid reason to do so (emulate though an emulated dos) is if   
   > the ancient language you are programming in does not allow you to read   
   > screen chars (the windows api does have a function to allow you to)...   
   > and that is why the tic tac toe guy got the recommendation from me... I   
   > doubt he is an accomplished enough programmer to call the winapi   
   > directly... but for that matter... I doubt you capable!   
      
   Yes and no. Most programs in this newsgroup are for dos anyway.   
   If I wanted to talk about Windows programming I wouldn't do that here   
   anyway, I'd go to a Delphi group rather. Questions about TPW are seldom   
   here. Calling WinAPI from Delphi is mostly simple through the Windows   
   unit, otherwise one can get better replacements for it or look up things   
   at M$ online. So far for that. I still think storing data in the screen   
   memory is a bit overkill for a beginner, but nevertheless a allowed   
   solution.   
      
   Greetings   
      
   Markus   
      
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