Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lanl-a.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!utah-cs!seismo!cmcl2!lanl-a!rgt From: rgt@lanl-a.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.cpm,net.micro.pc Subject: Request for CP/M and MS-DOS in-depth books Message-ID: <11887@lanl-a.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 09:31:07 EDT Article-I.D.: lanl-a.11887 Posted: Mon Aug 13 09:31:07 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 19:33:22 EDT Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Lines: 25 <> I just received a DEC Rainbow 100+ computer. It has both CP/M 80/86 and MS-DOS. I have been trying to use the CP/M assembler for graphics applications, since the GSX-86 graphics package works under CP/M. I have been having trouble with the assembler skipping instructions, and with CP/M not doing what the book says it should. Can anyone give me the names of some good books that explain CP/M and MS-DOS? I do not want the basic "This is a computer, this is a power switch" type books. I want books that explain CP/M for the computer professional. Specifically, I want to know the disk formats for CP/M disks, how the directories are stored on disk, how disk block allocation is done for CP/M, how to call CP/M from assembly language programs, how to modify the operating system to add my own special features, etc. And the same type of information for MS-DOS. I have been programming for over 14 years, and have over 2 years experience with the Intel 8086/88 and 80186/188 family of parts, so I want books that have some depth. Thanks in advance. Richard Thomsen