From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Testing for a key in an inline assembly loop
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 15:46:27 -0300
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Rylan wrote:

> Hi,
> How can I test for a key press in an inline assembly loop in DJGPP? I tried
> using a __dpmi_int call, which works fine for int 16h function 0x00 which
> waits until a key is pressed, then continues, so my interrupt setup seems to
> work. But when I try function 0x01 of int 16h, which sets the zero flag if a
> key has been pressed, how can I test the flags set by an int executed for me
> by __dpmi_int? 'Cause it seems that __dpmi_int alters them on exit of
> itself?

    You pass the address of a __dpmi_regs variable to the function don't you?
You would have to as far as I understand.  When the function returns, the value
of the flags should be in regs.flags (or something like that, it is in dpmi.h).

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