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EDR-DOS bugs on int 21h functions 7142h and 71A6h (Announce)

posted by ecm Homepage E-mail, Düsseldorf, Germany, 13.08.2023, 14:39

> > I don't think I can make these changes alone. I'm not that familiar with
> > the DOS kernel.
>
> I can prepare a patch later.
>
> I tested MSWindows 95 (on pcjs) and a device handle works a little
> differently than on EDR-DOS:
>
> * Function 42h allows to seek anywhere, as if the device is a file of
> length zero.
>
> * Function 71A6h returns with CY set (even if input was NC, that is not "CF
> unchanged"), AX=7100h.

Running function 71A6h on a file on a redirector file system (Phantom 3.0) MSW 95 also appears to return CY, AX=7100h.

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