mode generally do not use the BIOS interrupt calls to support system functions, although they use the BIOS interrupt calls to probe and initialize hardware...
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device which then initializes a kernel. In the era of DOS, the BIOS provided BIOS interrupt calls for the keyboard, display, storage, and other input/output...
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INT 10H (redirect from Interrupt 0x10)
shorthand for BIOS interrupt call 10hex, the 17th interrupt vector in an x86-based computer system. The BIOS typically sets up a real mode interrupt handler...
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INT (x86 instruction) (redirect from Interrupt 3)
unavailable in x86-64 mode. INT 10H INT 13H DOS API Interrupt BIOS interrupt call Ralf Brown's Interrupt List Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's...
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INT 16H (category Interrupts)
shorthand for BIOS interrupt call 16hex, the 23rd interrupt vector in an x86-based computer system. The BIOS typically sets up a real mode interrupt handler...
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INT 13H (redirect from Interrupt 13h)
is shorthand for BIOS interrupt call 13hex, the 20th interrupt vector in an x86-based (IBM PC-descended) computer system. The BIOS typically sets up...
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Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) BIOS interrupt call Event-driven programming Exception handling INT (x86 instruction) Interrupt coalescing Interrupt handler...
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Memory map (section PC BIOS memory map)
layout. Some of the available routines are: BIOS Function: INT 0x15, AX=0xE801: This BIOS interrupt call is used to get the memory size for 64MB+ configurations...
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Ralf Brown's Interrupt List (aka RBIL, x86 Interrupt List, MS-DOS Interrupt List or INTER) is a comprehensive list of interrupts, calls, hooks, interfaces...
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mnemonic to this interrupt, but abbreviation “NMI” is widely used to refer to this interrupt, even in the Intel docs itself. The IBM PC (BIOS and MS-DOS runtime)...
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Amstrad CPC, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and Acorn Archimedes computers. BIOS interrupt call PS/2 port USB AMX Mouse - A bus mouse sold for the BBC Micro, Sinclair...
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problems that appear to be the fault of the keyboard and vice versa). BIOS interrupt call DIN connector on IBM PC keyboards Bus mouse Connections on mice DE-9...
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DOS API (redirect from DOS interrupt call)
NTVDM for Windows NT DOSEMU for Linux DOSBox ReactOS BIOS interrupt call Ralf Brown's Interrupt List (RBIL) Comparison of DOS operating systems DOS Protected...
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or less. VBE is made available through the video card's BIOS, which installs some interrupt vectors that point to itself during boot up. Most newer cards...
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API but instead accessed video RAM directly for output and used BIOS interrupt calls. This library also has additional functions inspired from the successful...
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Parallel ATA (section x86 BIOS size limitations)
CE-ATA – Interface for small hard drives FATA (hard drive) INT 13H – BIOS interrupt call for disk access IT8212 – Parallel ATA controllerPages displaying...
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buffer display modes IBM PC compatible video display mode set by BIOS interrupt call INT 10H This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
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Master boot record (redirect from BIOS to MBR interface)
end of the first 640 KB—is available in real mode. The INT 12h BIOS interrupt call may help in determining how much memory can be allocated safely (by...
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Option ROM (redirect from BIOS Boot Specification)
with the main system BIOS), which gets executed to initialize the device and (optionally) add support for the device to the BIOS. In its usual use, it...
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the Pentium Pro BIOS Update Feature. It was intended that user-mode applications should make a BIOS interrupt call to supply a new "BIOS Update Data Block"...
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of software written using the relatively slower and less flexible BIOS interrupt call (014h), or software written exclusively for the DG-1. Video memory...
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cassette tapes, though software can be written to provide support. BIOS interrupt call 15h routines are documented in the technical reference manual that...
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Intel 8259 (category Interrupts)
of this, most operating systems that don’t make use of the BIOS will configure the interrupt controller(s) to avoid the reserved vector range entirely...
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sophisticated. Advanced techniques included hooking low-level disk INT 13H BIOS interrupt calls to hide unauthorized modifications to files. The first malicious...
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boot loaders (e.g. GRUB) use the protected mode, and execute the BIOS interrupt calls in Virtual 8086 mode. The most common problem by running 8086 code...
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System Management Mode (redirect from System management interrupt)
designed and insufficiently tested SMM BIOS code can make the wrong assumptions and not work properly when interrupting some other x86 operating modes like...
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Power-on self-test (redirect from BIOS beep codes)
BIOS during POST include: verify CPU registers verify the integrity of the BIOS code itself verify some basic components like DMA, timer, interrupt controller...
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