{ This example shows the difference between protected and real mode interrupts; it redirects the protected mode handler to an own handler which returns an impossible function result and calls it afterwards. Then the real mode handler is called directly, to show the difference between the two. Used Interrupt: get DOS version Int 21h / function 30h Input: AH = $30 AL = $1 Return: AL = major version number AH = minor version number } uses crt, go32; var r : trealregs; { temporary variable used for the protected mode int call } axreg : Word; oldint21h : tseginfo; newint21h : tseginfo; { this is our int 21h protected mode interupt handler. It catches the function call to get the DOS version, all other int 21h calls are redirected to the old handler; it is written in assembly because the old handler can't be called with pascal } procedure int21h_handler; assembler; asm cmpw $0x3001, %ax jne .LCallOld movw $0x3112, %ax iret .LCallOld: ljmp %cs:oldint21h end; { a small helper procedure, which waits for a keypress } procedure resume; begin Writeln; Write('-- press any key to resume --'); readkey; gotoxy(1, wherey); clreol; end; begin { see the text messages for further detail } clrscr; Writeln('Executing real mode interrupt'); resume; r.ah := $30; r.al := $01; realintr($21, r); Writeln('DOS v', r.al,'.',r.ah, ' detected'); resume; Writeln('Executing protected mode interrupt without our own', ' handler'); Writeln; asm movb $0x30, %ah movb $0x01, %al int $0x21 movw %ax, axreg end; Writeln('DOS v', r.al,'.',r.ah, ' detected'); resume; Writeln('As you can see the DPMI hosts default protected mode', 'handler'); Writeln('simply redirects it to the real mode handler'); resume; Writeln('Now exchanging the protected mode interrupt with our ', 'own handler'); resume; newint21h.offset := @int21h_handler; newint21h.segment := get_cs; get_pm_interrupt($21, oldint21h); set_pm_interrupt($21, newint21h); Writeln('Executing real mode interrupt again'); resume; r.ah := $30; r.al := $01; realintr($21, r); Writeln('DOS v', r.al,'.',r.ah, ' detected'); Writeln; Writeln('See, it didn''t change in any way.'); resume; Writeln('Now calling protected mode interrupt'); resume; asm movb $0x30, %ah movb $0x01, %al int $0x21 movw %ax, axreg end; Writeln('DOS v', lo(axreg),'.',hi(axreg), ' detected'); Writeln; Writeln('Now you can see that there''s a distinction between ', 'the two ways of calling interrupts...'); set_pm_interrupt($21, oldint21h); end.