From: assemblywizard@gmail.com   
      
   ... you argue past the point of logic... by you own argument... this   
   group is NOT about assembly either... however, there are times when it   
   is logical to remark upon the winapi and assembly--I have done nothing   
   but that...   
      
   John   
      
   "Markus Humm"  wrote in message   
   news:42ab29fb$0$10338$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de...   
   > John Smith schrieb:   
   >> .... because the only reason a person would stay emulating dos int's   
   >> though a windows dos box--is if they don't know how to call the   
   >> winapi   
   >> directly--windows is going to do that anyway, to emulate the dos   
   >> int's--much better just to do it yourself...   
   >   
   > Yes, that fact is known.   
   >   
   >>   
   >> .... Windows cannot give you access to msdos or bios int's (in the   
   >> REAL   
   >> sense), it would crash if it did...  allowing your int to halt the   
   >> whole   
   >> multi-tasking OS is a no-no...   
   >   
   > Yes I knew this as well. But sometimes emulation could be better or   
   > have   
   > less bugs...   
   >>   
   >> .... only valid reason to do so (emulate though an emulated dos) is   
   >> if   
   >> the ancient language you are programming in does not allow you to   
   >> read   
   >> screen chars (the windows api does have a function to allow you   
   >> to)...   
   >> and that is why the tic tac toe guy got the recommendation from me...   
   >> I   
   >> doubt he is an accomplished enough programmer to call the winapi   
   >> directly... but for that matter... I doubt you capable!   
   >   
   > Yes and no. Most programs in this newsgroup are for dos anyway.   
   > If I wanted to talk about Windows programming I wouldn't do that here   
   > anyway, I'd go to a Delphi group rather. Questions about TPW are   
   > seldom   
   > here. Calling WinAPI from Delphi is mostly simple through the Windows   
   > unit, otherwise one can get better replacements for it or look up   
   > things   
   > at M$ 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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