Talk:DOS API

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to-do

Should mention how it was radically revamped with DOS version 2.0 in 1983 (adding file handles, subdirectory support, and ASCIIZ strings, among other things)... AnonMoos (talk) 09:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done a while back... AnonMoos (talk) 19:22, 14 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

correction

Int 21 Fn 02 under common functions states that AL holds the character code to print - I think that should be DL. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.110.245.134 (talk) 03:44, 10 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DOS API function list

Should this article include a list of DOS function calls akin to the list in the BIOS interrupt call article ? Also should such a list detail register parameters and return values ? The BIOS list does not, it only lists the functions.

Another note: this article should be named "DOS API" since it applies to DOS overall, not just MS-DOS. Asmpgmr (talk) 23:58, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A comprehensive list would be quite long, and would duplicate work which has been done elsewhere (probably with poorer quality); a few selected examples are fine in my opinion. And it's called the "MS-DOS" API because everybody else is compatible with MS-DOS (and the acronym "DOS" by itself has a number of possible meanings -- we even have an article on it, List of DOS operating systems). Also, functions to manage expanded memory were introduced into base MS-DOS starting with version 4. AnonMoos (talk) 13:02, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Expanded Memory Specification (EMS) is a separate specification which uses Int 67h and NOT part of the DOS API in any version of DOS. Do not put that back in the article. Asmpgmr (talk) 15:08, 22 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]