New edition to this bestselling programming guide. Completely revised for MS-DOS 5. Covers many previously undocumented DOS and BIOS functions. Provides detailed interrupt comments to clearly illustrate the function's purpose and results.

Microsoft's official reference to its venerable and omnipresent operating system. The heart of the volume is a comprehensive 280-page reference to the MS-DOS system calls. The book also contains chapters on the file system, character I/O, program management, national language support, and device drivers.

Internationally renowned DOS expert Kris Jamsa is back with a complete reference for DOS programmers. Jamsa provides in-depth programming information and details all function calls and programming services necessary to take full advantage of DOS. Includes numerous examples to enable DOS programmers to expand their skills.

The ultimate sourcebook on interrupts for PC programmers. Now updated and expanded, PC Interrupts, 2nd Ed. includes DOS 6, Windows 3.1, Novell DOS, and other new APIs.

Software -- Operating Systems.

Explains how to exploit the undocumented capabilities of the MS- DOS operating system when programming commercial software. Updated from the first edition to incorporate not only DOS 5.0 and 6.0, but also the forthcoming DOS 7 and Windows 4. Coverage is also expanded on Windows interfacing, DOS internals, and the role of undocumented interfaces in the software industry. Includes a 3.5" disk; equivalent 5.25" disks are available for $10 more. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This newly updated and expanded volume contains detailed, thorough and accurate information on MS-DOS written for advanced-level programmers of all environments. Contains an index and appendixes.

"Tricks of the Windows Game Programmin Gurus, 2E" takes the reader through Win32 programming, covering all the major components of DirectX including DirectDraw, DirectSound, DirectInput (including Force Feedback), and DirectMusic. Andre teaches the reader 2D graphics and rasterization techniques. Finally, Andre provides the most intense coverage of game algorithms, multithreaded programming, artificial intelligence (including fuzzy logic, neural nets, and genetic algorithms), and physics modeling you have ever seen in a game book.

The Windows Scripting Host (WSH) is Microsoft's evolutionary answer to a much-needed programming environment for the Windows desktop. This reference is for system administrators and programmers who want to automate and have control over their Windows environment without writing compiled VB and VC++ applications.