This program creates a segment at paragraph 0x40 and comments the BIOS data area. You should load and execute this file to see the names of BIOS data area variables.
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------static CW(off,name,cmt) { auto x; x = [ 0x40, off ]; MakeWord(x); MakeName(x,name); MakeRptCmt(x,cmt);}//-------------------------------------------------------------------------static CD(off,name,cmt) { auto x; x = [ 0x40, off ]; MakeDword(x); MakeName(x,name); MakeRptCmt(x,cmt);}//-------------------------------------------------------------------------static CB(off,name,cmt) { auto x; x = [ 0x40, off ]; MakeByte(x); MakeName(x,name); MakeRptCmt(x,cmt);}//-------------------------------------------------------------------------static CmtBdata() { CW(0x000,"com_port_1","Base I/O address of 1st serial I/O port"); CW(0x002,"com_port_2","Base I/O address of 2nd serial I/O port"); CW(0x004,"com_port_3","Base I/O address of 3rd serial I/O port"); CW(0x006,"com_port_4","Base I/O address of 4th serial I/O port"); CW(0x008,"prn_port_1","Base I/O address of 1st parallel I/O port"); CW(0x00A,"prn_port_2","Base I/O address of 2nd parallel I/O port"); CW(0x00C,"prn_port_3","Base I/O address of 3rd parallel I/O port"); CW(0x00E,"prn_port_4","Base I/O address of 4th parallel I/O port"); MakeArray([0x40,0x01E ], 16 ); CB(0x03E,"dsk_recal_stat", "Recalibrate floppy drive bits\n" " 3 2 1 0\n" "drive-3 drive-2 drive-1 drive-0\n" "\n" "bit 7 = interrupt flag");CW(0x0CE,"days_since1_80", "Days since 1-Jan-1980 counter"); MakeArray(0x4AC,0xCE-0xAC);}//-------------------------------------------------------------------------static main() { if ( !SegCreate(0x400,0x4D0,0x40,0,0,2) ) { Warning("Can't create BIOS data segment."); return; } SegRename(0x400,"bdata"); SegClass(0x400,"BIOSDATA"); CmtBdata();}
#include//-------------------------------------------------------------------------static CW(off,name,cmt) { auto x; x = 0x400 + off; MakeWord(x); MakeName(x,name); MakeRptCmt(x,cmt);}//-------------------------------------------------------------------------static CD(off,name,cmt) { auto x; x = 0x400 + off; MakeDword(x); MakeName(x,name); MakeRptCmt(x,cmt);}//-------------------------------------------------------------------------static CB(off,name,cmt) { auto x; x = 0x400 + off; MakeByte(x); MakeName(x,name); MakeRptCmt(x,cmt);}