- prototype in dos.h - randbrd() reads reccnt number of records using the open FCB via fcbptr, as indicated by the disk record field of the FCB (via INT 21,27) - returns: 0 all records read(written) 1 EOF reached & last record read is complete 2 reading records would have wrapped around address 0xffff 3 EOF reached & last record is incomplete - see randbrw()