The int86() function

[Fredmanglis]

I have encountered the int86() function while reading some books on C.
It however does not work on my Ms Visual Studio compiler and I was
just wondering, is it still a supported standard and if it is, how
does one make it work on the Ms Visual Studio compiler?

 

[ajk]

I have encountered the int86() function while reading some books on C.
It however does not work on my Ms Visual Studio compiler and I was
just wondering, is it still a supported standard and if it is, how
does one make it work on the Ms Visual Studio compiler?

int86 was used for old ms-dos programming to do operating system
calls, u are probably better off checking in that newsgroup.

hth/ajk

 

[Walter Bright]

I have encountered the int86() function while reading some books on C.
It however does not work on my Ms Visual Studio compiler and I was
just wondering, is it still a supported standard and if it is, how
does one make it work on the Ms Visual Studio compiler?

int86() is for DOS, 32 bit DOSX, and 16 bit Windows code. For more
information, see:

http://www.digitalmars.com/rtl/bios.html#_int86