>> It seems to me that FreeDOS must hook into the BIOS ticker interrupt in
>> order to get notification of ticks. Probably 1Ch ... but that is not
>> happening in this code ... so that makes me wonder whether or not there
>> is
>> someplace else in the FreeDOS code that is hooking the timer interrupt.
> No, FreeDOS does not hook the timer interrupt. FreeDOS calls
> INT10h, ah = 0 to get the tick counter. BIOS is providing the
> INT08h Interrupt handler, which counts the ticks and stores them in
> the BIOS Data Area.

OK ... Understood.


Miguel



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