Int 14/AH=00h

FOSSIL (Fido/Opus/Seadog Standard Interface Level) - INITIALIZE

AH = 00h AL = initializing parameters 7 - 6 - 5 4 - 3 2 1 - 0 -BAUD RATE- PARITY STOP WORD BITS LENGTH

000 19200 bd 00 none 0:
1 00: 5

001 38400 bd 01 odd 1:
2 01: 6

010 300 bd 11 even 10:
7

011 600 bd 11:
8 100 1200 bd 101 2400 bd 110 4800 bd 111 9600 bd (4800 on PCjr). DX = port number (0-3 or FFh if only performing non-I/O setup)

Return:
AH = RS-232 status code bits (see #00301) AL = modem status bits

bit 3:
Always 1

bit 7:
DCD - carrier detect

See Also: #00300 - AH=05h"FOSSIL" - AH=81h"COMM-DRV" - AH=82h"COURIERS"

Bitfields for FOSSIL RS-232 status: Bit(s) Description (Table 00301) 0 RDA - input data is available in buffer 1 OVRN - data has been lost 5 THRE - room is available in output buffer 6 TSRE - output buffer empty

Category: Serial I/O - Int 14h - F

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