From: notsaying@nospicedham.127.0.0.1   
      
   On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:45:12 GMT, aen@nospicedham.spamtrap.com wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 09:27:52 -0000 (UTC), "Kerr-Mudd,John"   
   >  wrote:   
   >>...   
   >>All those extra '$'s! I can see no-one wants to set the return code on   
   >>exit, it adds to the fun of retaining the day number. 74 with rc   
   >>...   
   > A return code is nice and shiny, but you need a way to see it.  In   
   > DOSBox that will do it:   
      
   well I was wrapping stuff up in a DOS Batch, back then.   
   So it was "if it's Wednesday run a backup" style of thing.   
      
   > ; nasm -f bin geterror.asm -o geterror.com   
   > cpu 8086   
   > org 100h   
   > mov ah,4dh   
   > int 21h   
   > mov bx,outstr+3   
   > .1: dec bx   
   > xor ah,ah   
   > div byte [ten]   
   > or ah,30h   
   > mov [bx],ah   
   > test al,al   
   > jne .1   
   > mov ah,9   
   > mov dx,bx   
   > int 21h   
   > ret   
   > ten db 10   
   > outstr db "   $"   
   >   
   > Run it immediately after a program.   
      
      
   I get 0 every time under XP, but thanks.   
      
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