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    To set the date and time of a DOS maintained clock, interrupt 21 would be used. For date, the service number is 2B which receives the year, month, and day and returns a status. For time, the service number is 2D which receives the hour, minutes, seconds, and hundredths of seconds and returns a status. To format a specific disk track, interrupt 13 would be used. For floppy disks, the service number is 05h which receives the track number, head number, drive number, and number of sectors and returns a status. For fixed disks, the service number is also 05h which receives the interleave value, cylinder number, head number, drive number, and

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    To set the date and time of a DOS maintained clock, interrupt 21 would be used. For date, the service number is 2B which receives the year, month, and day and returns a status. For time, the service number is 2D which receives the hour, minutes, seconds, and hundredths of seconds and returns a status. To format a specific disk track, interrupt 13 would be used. For floppy disks, the service number is 05h which receives the track number, head number, drive number, and number of sectors and returns a status. For fixed disks, the service number is also 05h which receives the interleave value, cylinder number, head number, drive number, and

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    To set the date and time of a DOS maintained clock, interrupt 21 would be used. For date, the service number is 2B which receives the year, month, and day and returns a status. For time, the service number is 2D which receives the hour, minutes, seconds, and hundredths of seconds and returns a status. To format a specific disk track, interrupt 13 would be used. For floppy disks, the service number is 05h which receives the track number, head number, drive number, and number of sectors and returns a status. For fixed disks, the service number is also 05h which receives the interleave value, cylinder number, head number, drive number, and

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    To set the date and time of a DOS maintained clock, interrupt 21 would be used. For date, the service number is 2B which receives the year, month, and day and returns a status. For time, the service number is 2D which receives the hour, minutes, seconds, and hundredths of seconds and returns a status. To format a specific disk track, interrupt 13 would be used. For floppy disks, the service number is 05h which receives the track number, head number, drive number, and number of sectors and returns a status. For fixed disks, the service number is also 05h which receives the interleave value, cylinder number, head number, drive number, and

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    SOLUTION TO ASSIGNMENT BC100201647 Question # 1: Suppose you are assigned to set date and time of a DOS maintained clock

    of your system through DOS interrupt. Which interrupt would you use in this case? Also clearly state the service number and attributes of that specific interrupt. Solution:INT 21 SET SYSTEM DATE AH = 2Bh Receives: CX = year (1980-2099) DH = month (1-12) DL = day (1-31) Returns: AL = 00h if the date is valid AL = FFh invalid date, system date unchanged NOTE :-( 2B Set system date. Receives: CX =year, DH =month, and DL =day. Returns: AL =0 if the date is valid.) INT 21 SET SYSTEM TIME AH = 2Dh Receives: CH = hour CL = minute DH = second DL = 1/100 seconds Return: AL = 00h if the time is valid AL = FFh invalid time, system time unchanged 2D Set system time 2B Set system date

    NOTE :-( 2D Set system time. Receives: CH =hour, CL =minutes, DH =seconds, and DL =hundredths of seconds. Return s: AL =0 if the time is valid.)

    Question # 2: Suppose you are required to format a specific disk track through BIOS interrupt. Which interrupt would you use in the mentioned case? Moreover clearly state the service number and attributes of that specific interrupt. Solution:INT 13 - FLOPPY - FORMAT TRACK AH = 05h AL = number of sectors to format CH = track number DH = head number DL = drive number ES: BX -> address field buffer Return: CF set on error CF clear if successful AH = status

    INT 13 - FIXED DISK - FORMAT TRACK AH = 05h AL = interleave value (XT-type controllers only) ES: BX -> 512-byte format buffer The first 2*(sectors/track) bytes contain F, N for each sector F = sector type 00h for good sector 20h to unassign from alternate location 40h to assign to alternate location

    80h for bad sector N = sector number CH = cylinder number (bits 8, 9 in high bits of CL) CL = high bits of cylinder number (bits 7, 6) DH = head DL = drive Return: CF set on error CF clear if successful AH = status code

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