Re: DOS 3.3 command interpreter accessible from ML?

[dcross1@nospam.home.com (David Cross)]

In article <6r01qj$sfb$1@news.NERO.NET>, summersb@ucs.orst.edu says...
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>I was wondering if the DOS 3.3 command interpreter (i.e. the one you issue
>commands to from the ] prompt or with a chr$(4) from BASIC) is accessible
>from machine language routines.  Specifically, I was wondering if you can
>access the interpreter via the COUT routine by first sending it the ASCII
>code 4 followed by the ASCII characters for a DOS command.  Can anyone help
>me out?

Actually, it was in fact that easy.

An even easier way to do it is to use the $DB3A routine which outputs a string 
that is terminated with a $22 or a $00.

I just forget which registers you need to load in order to properly tell $DB3A 
where to "look" when you JSR.