Function 50h "Used Internally by DOS" - Set PSP * Set new Program Segment Prefix (current Process ID) entry AH 50h BX segment address of new PSP return none - swaps PSP's regarded as current by DOS note 1) By putting the PSP segment value into BX and issuing call 50h DOS stores that value into a variable and uses that value whenever a file call is made. 2) Note that in the PSP (or PDB) is a table of 20 (decimal) open file handles. The table starts at offset 18h into the PSP. If there is an 0FFh in a byte then that handle is not in use. A number in one of the bytes is an index into an internal FB table for that handle. For instance the byte at offset 18h is for handle 0, at offset 19h handle 1, etc. up to 13h. If the high bit is set then the file associated by the handle is not shared by child processes EXEC'd with call 4Bh. 3) Function 50h is dangerous in background operations prior to DOS 3.x as it uses the wrong stack for saving registers. (same as functions 0..0Ch in DOS 2.x) 4) Under DOS 2.x, this function cannot be invoked inside an int 28h handler without setting the Critical Error flag 5) Open File information, etc. is stored in the PSP DOS views as current. If a program (eg. a resident program) creates a need for a second PSP, then the second PSP should be set as current to make sure DOS closes that as opposed to the first when the second application finishes. 6) See PC Mag Vol.5, No 9, p.314 for discussion. 7) Used by DOS 3.3 PRINT & DEBUG, DesQview 2.01, Windows 1.03, SYMDEB from MASM 4.0
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