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PSP manipulation from DPMI programs (Developers)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 16.02.2023, 05:25

> And if I want to create a new environment variable I have to do all the
> boring stuff with allocating DPMI selector, set its base, limit and so on?

Not necessarily. I guess you could just call int 31h, ax=100h to get both a selector and a compatible DOS memory block.

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Complete thread:

• PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - Laaca, 16.02.2023, 00:02 (Developers)
  • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - Japheth, 16.02.2023, 05:25
  • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tkchia, 16.02.2023, 11:18
    • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - Laaca, 16.02.2023, 19:46
      • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tom, 16.02.2023, 20:16
        • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - Laaca, 16.02.2023, 20:48
      • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tkchia, 16.02.2023, 21:23
      • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tkchia, 16.02.2023, 21:28
      • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tkchia, 16.02.2023, 21:35
        • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - Rugxulo, 17.02.2023, 08:35
          • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tkchia, 17.02.2023, 11:21
            • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - marcov, 17.02.2023, 16:00
        • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - Laaca, 17.02.2023, 08:56
          • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tkchia, 17.02.2023, 11:07
            • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - Laaca, 18.02.2023, 00:52
          • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - marcov, 17.02.2023, 16:02
  • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tkchia, 16.02.2023, 11:26
  • PSP manipulation from DPMI programs - tkchia, 16.02.2023, 17:14