Dissecting DOS: A Code-Level Look at the DOS Operating System | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Podanoffsky
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 527338
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Dsk
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Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 020162687X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.4469
UPC: 785342626872
EAN: 9780201626872
ASIN: 020162687X
Publication Date: December 10, 1994
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Product Description
The source code of MS-DOS is both secret and copyright-protected. Using the DOS work-alike RxDOS, created to emulate and parallel the commercial system, Dissecting DOS reveals for the first time the code-level operation of DOS. By studying the source code of RxDOS included on disk, readers will be able to understand MS-DOS's inner workings.
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 So-So July 8, 2002
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
The book was pretty good with the information that it did give. Some of the programs that were discussed in the book were not on the disk like the book said they were. Alot was left out and not touched upon like they should have been. There should have been a short section on Device drivers, just to give a reader an overview that they do exist, and maybe a little on installable file systems. I bought this book because the code was written in Assembler. I probably should have bought FreeDos instead except that is was written in C. All the information that I could not find in this book I found in the Code for Free Dos.
Great info source. Be patient if you want it for further use August 31, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The book provides an indepth analysis of the way DOS works, contains invaluable information that you can find nowhere else. Nevertheless especially in the beginning I 've got the impression that bypasses -I admit that I'm not the most proficient assembly user and it can be my mistake- some funtamental elements very quickly. (I still try to find a way to list my files without using DOS interupts as the book doesn' t really explain what exactly interupt 52h/21h does and I 've not yet really understood how the accompanying program printcds work - written in C)
 disecting dos July 10, 2000
2 out of 33 found this review helpful
i did not go thro the book till now but i heard a lot about that book
Good book, Great support April 11, 1999
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
After my first review posted, I am very pleased to say that the author (Mike Padanoffsky) contacted me, and was *Extremely* helpful in fixing *any* complaints that I may have had on his book / software. And it chagrins me to say, that the retractant message that I thought I had posted never went up. So I shall do so again. The original one went sorta like this... "This book, barring a minor bug in one of the earlier editions is in my own opinion one of the *very* best books on re-entrant assembly code and on operating systems. In fact, I liked the OS well enough that I use it on a daily basis on my notebook. For any inquiring programmers, if you want to know HOW to write your own OS, this is one of the *most* essential books to have at your side. I cannot stress enough how well it is written and supported. Words just doesn't seem to do it justice." I am also reminded of the fact, that if it weren't for authors like Mike, some of us programmers would still be scratching our heads, saying "Now, how do I do this one???"Great book. buy it. I highly recommend it... from one programmer to another.
Source code and an in-depth explanation November 6, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Dissecting DOS provides the source code to DOS(actually RxDOS), a great explanation of the internals, and a look at how great reentrant ASM (assembly language) code is written. Enjoy !
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