Int 16/AX=AF4Dh/BX=4B33h

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K3PLUS v6.00+ (API v2.0+) - GET VERSION INFORMATION

AX = AF4Dh
BX = 4B33h ('K3')

Return:
AL = 50h if installed BX = K3 version DX = API version ES:CX -> K3 structure (version-dependent) (see #00608)

Program: K3PLUS is an extended keyboard driver by Matthias Paul and Axel C. Frinke, originally based on the K3 extended German keyboard driver by Martin Gerdes published in c't magazine in 1988

See Also: AX=AF20h - AX=AF50h - AX=AF80h - AX=AF82h/BX=4B

See Also: INT 2F/AX=ED58h

Index:
Installation check;K3PLUS

Format of internal K3 structure: Offset Size Description (Table 00608) 00h 3 BYTEs signature "K3$" 03h BYTE length of structure, including this byte and signature 04h WORD compiler switch option flags A (see #00609) 06h WORD compiler switch option flags B (see #00610) 08h BYTE internal flags A (see #00611) 09h BYTE internal flags B (see #00612) 0Ah WORD DOS version recorded at startup 0Ch WORD "ActTypeSpeed" 0Eh WORD last Keyboard-ID sent 41ABh translated, 83ABh native (pass-through) 10h WORD offset of K3TAB Special 12h WORD offset of K3TAB German 14h WORD offset of K3TAB Alt 16h WORD offset of K3TAB AltGr 18h WORD offset of K3TAB Ctrl 1Ah WORD offset of K3TAB NPad 1Ch WORD offset of K3TAB CtrlNPad 1Eh WORD offset of K3TAB AltNPad 20h WORD offset of K3TAB ApoTbl or 0000h 22h WORD offset of K3TAB UmlautTbl or 0000h 24h WORD offset of K3TAB UmlautTblExp or 0000h 26h WORD length of video mode table 28h WORD offset of VidMdTbl or 0000h 2Ah BYTE '$' end marker

Bitfields for K3PLUS compiler switch option flags A: Bit(s) Description (Table 00609) 15 GuINT16Fct2 (general use of INT 16 function 2) 14 Int15df (INT 15 has to be predefined) 13 GuAltNP (general use of Alt Numpad) 12 SupAT (ATs+ supported) 11 GuINT16Fct3 (general use of INT 16 function 3) 10 GuINT16Ret (general use of INT16 bad function return) 9-8 Layout (0-2, 3 reserved; 0=PC, 1=AT, 2=MF) 7 ForceMF (force MF decode without read-ID) 6 KXlate (translate keys for special keyboard) 5 UmlautX (umlaut translation capability included) 4 ApoX (translate apostrophe) 3 DoINT16 (INT 16 handler included) 2 UseCC (CopyCursor included) 1-0 UseEB. 0=no extended keystroke buffer, 1=reserve mem, 2=use PSP, 3=reserved

Bitfields for K3 compiler switch option flags B: Bit(s) Description (Table 00610) 15-11 reserved (0) 10 CtrlSeq (Ctrl macro capability included) 9-8 SupINT16fct55FE 6 DoInstallCheck (check for double installation) 5 SupINT16fct5PcJr (INT 16/AH=05h"PCjr" supported) 4 SendOut (sound and message output supported) 3 SupInt16fct5500 (INT 16/AX=5500h supported) 2 GuINT15Fct4F (calls to INT 15/AH=4Fh supported) 1-0 UseBufferStart (0=use standard area, 1=set standard area,. 2=use internal indexes, 3=reserved)

Bitfields for K3 internal flags A: Bit(s) Description (Table 00611) 7 DoingUmlautExp 6 CallINT15fct4F 5 Beep1 (requires SendOut set in option flags B) 4 ATflag (set for AT, 386, PS/2 Models 50-80) 3 XTflag (set for PC, PC/XT, Micromint PC, Pencock PC, PS/2 Model 30) 2 KeyClick 1 UmlautExp 0 UmlautTrans

Bitfields for K3 internal flags B: Bit(s) Description (Table 00612) 7-5 reserved 4 TranslateE0 enabled 3 Boot enabled 2 PrintScreen enabled 1 Break enabled 0 ApoPendingBeep

Category: Keyboard Enhancers - Int 16h - K

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