RayeR

CZ, 02.02.2026, 22:47 |
What does DOS undocumented function 55h? (Developers) |
This guy tries to run Win 3.x native under Linux environment (not wine/qemu/etc...). He has some partial success:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT-ZvToZDLw
He'd like to know what DOS func. 55h/int 21h do, he just made some bypass, is it documented somewhere? --- DOS gives me freedom to unlimited HW access. |
ecm

Düsseldorf, Germany, 02.02.2026, 23:01
@ RayeR
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What does DOS undocumented function 55h? |
> This guy tries to run Win 3.x native under Linux environment (not
> wine/qemu/etc...). He has some partial success:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT-ZvToZDLw
> He'd like to know what DOS func. 55h/int 21h do, he just made some bypass,
> is it documented somewhere?
Yes, of course, it's in the old Interrupt List: https://fd.lod.bz/rbil/interrup/dos_kernel/2155.html
Here's how to use it: https://hg.pushbx.org/ecm/ldebug/file/952433a1600d/source/debug.asm#l7643
Note how the debugger resets the current PSP to its own, because (as the list states) the function 55h call changes the current PSP to be the new one.
Also, the source is the current PSP regardless the caller's CS. Function 26h may use the CS as its source instead (on MS-DOS). --- l |
RayeR

CZ, 02.02.2026, 23:25
@ ecm
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What does DOS undocumented function 55h? |
Thanks for quick reply, I'll forward to him. --- DOS gives me freedom to unlimited HW access. |