Tricks Of The Ms Dos Masters

Revised and updated edition (1st ed. was 1986) now covers DOS 3.2 and DOS 4, and adds information about the newer 80386 machines, the PS/2 Micro Channel machine, new disk formats, the VGA graphics adapter, and the LIM EMS 4.0 standard for expanded memory capacity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This volume represents the distillation of 25 person years worth of MS-DOS study. It reveals tips, tricks, techniques, undocumented features, and investigations into the most popular disk operating system in the world. Written for the power user but also useful to programmers, the book examines many hidden features of the MS-DOS operating system, clears up poorly documented methods, and provides little-known facts and numerous ways to increase the performance of MS-DOS. Organized for easy reference, this is a must-have.

This covers the UNIX environment, file and task management, personal management, devices and file systems and communications. The books include bits and pieces: Programs, Scripts, Shell Script Bugs and Tricks.

Compatible with MS-DOS version 4.0, MASM 5.1 and Microsoft® C compiler 5.1, this expanded revision presents all of the details needed to write application programs for the latest version of the MS-DOS operating system. All example programs have been revised to be compatible with MS-DOS 4.0, along with completely revised, expanded chapters on subjects which include structured programming, installable device drivers, real-time programming, and memory management.