The Active Network
ActiveMac Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise  
 

  *  

  How do 16-bit programs start up?
Time: 00:00 EST/05:00 GMT | News Source: Microsoft | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum

Back in 16-bit Windows, MS-DOS cast a long and dark shadow. The really ugly low-level munging was very much in the MS-DOS spirit. You opened files by setting up registers and issuing an int 21h, just like in MS-DOS. Although the interrupt went to Windows instead, Windows maintained the MS-DOS calling convention. Process startup followed the same "real men write in assembly language" philosophy.

All the parameters to a 16-bit program were passed in registers.

Write Comment
Return to News

  Displaying 726 through 726 of 726
Prev | First
  The time now is 1:18:26 PM ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us
#726 By 4240821 (185.100.168.238) at 12/7/2025 4:48:59 PM
https://telegra.ph/Marco-Borsatos-Epic-Comeback-From-Heartbreak-to-Headlines-12-04
https://telegra.ph/Russia-War-Global-Markets-Plummet-as-Eastern-Europe-Tensions-Escalate-12-04
https://telegra.ph/Turkish-Drone-Shoots-Down-Combat-Jet-12-04
https://telegra.ph/Agirc-Arrco-Overhaul-French-Supplementary-Pensions-Face-Major-Transformation-12-04
https://telegra.ph/4-diciembre-Andalusia-Major-Earthquake-Rocks-Southern-Spain-12-04
https://telegra.ph/Marco-Borsato-Shatters-Records-with-Explosive-New-Release-12-04
https://telegra.ph/VM-Trekning-Surprise-Upsets-Shake-Chess-World-12-04
https://telegra.ph/Callum-Turners-Shocking-Exit-Sparks-Chaos-at-Premier-League-ClubWill-It-Be-the-Final-Whistle-for-His-Career-12-04
https://telegra.ph/Ketamine-Breakthrough-New-Hope-for-Treatment-Resistant-Depression-Sparks-Global-Medical-Debate-12-04
https://telegra.ph/Jamie-Smiths-Shocking-Comeback-From-Zero-to-Hero-in-Just-One-Season-12-04

Write Comment
Return to News
  Displaying 726 through 726 of 726
Prev | First
  The time now is 1:18:26 PM ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us
User name and password:

 

  *  
  *   *