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Documentation for RTM.EXE (16-Bit) from Borland (Developers)

posted by Japheth , Germany (South), 12.05.2011, 09:58

> Thank you for a super fast reply! ...and yes, I think that "LIBRARY RTM"
> was the file I saw years ago in some of your zip files. Today I just
> downloaded the source of your HX DOS Extender (HXSRC216.zip) but its not in
> there. Where was that?

It is in the "16-bit" dev package, in a directory called RTMSUBST.

> But my understanding is that you wrote that "emulation". How did you find
> out the meaning of the parameters on the stack?

I can't remember, perhaps by RE.

> Especially how do I find out the parameters needed for function RTM.21
> (MemQueryFreeMem) and if it has a return value (in AX)?

see file rtm.asm in the package mentioned above.

> One more question (sorry): I didn't try it but, if I used your HX DOS
> Extender with the Delphi V1 command line compiler DCC.EXE (16-Bit) it might
> not work since it uses for example RTM.46 - I don't even have a name for
> that function.

I also have no idea what this is supposed to do.

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Complete thread:

• Documentation for RTM.EXE (16-Bit) from Borland - fm77, 11.05.2011, 11:48 (Developers)
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    • Documentation for RTM.EXE (16-Bit) from Borland - fm77, 11.05.2011, 23:20
      • Documentation for RTM.EXE (16-Bit) from Borland - Japheth, 12.05.2011, 09:58
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