Using TECH Help!

                           Welcome to TECH Help!
                  The Electronic Technical Reference Manual

 TECH Help! is a reference tool for programmers--a fully-indexed hypertext
 source of technical facts, topics, and data layouts, instantly available
 from your program editor or debugger.

 Its compressed data file contains over 500 printed pages of text; the
 boiled-down essence of the most often needed information found in the DOS
 Technical Reference and PC,AT,and PS/2 BIOS and Hardware References.

 Flambeaux Software, Inc. / 1147 East Broadway, Ste 56 / Glendale, CA 91205
                                (818) 500-0044
                            Written by Dan Rollins
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  ║ Owners of TECH Help! are licensed to make backup copies in support of ║
  ║ individual use on a single computer.  All other rights are reserved.  ║
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                   Press  ◄─┘  to see how to use TECH Help!
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                                  Dedication
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                         │           To            │
                         │ Robert Benjamin Rollins │
                         │          and            │
                         │ Amanda Jasmine Rollins  │
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        │ May your lives be filled with joy as you have filled mine. │
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               When faced with a problem you don't understand,
               first do any part of it that you DO understand
               and then look at it again.
                                      -- Robert Anson Heinlein
                           (from The Moon is A Harsh Mistress)



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 theories, or advice, or any documentation contained herein.  The author
 and publisher shall not be liable in any event for incidental or
 consequential damages in connection with, or arising out of, the
 furnishing, performance, or use of this program or the text it displays.

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└────────────┘ trademarks of Flambeaux Software
 IBM and PC-DOS are trademarks of International Business Machines Corp.
 Microsoft, MS-DOS, GWBASIC, and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
 All trademarks and trade names mentioned in this text are the property
   of their respective owners.
 Buford Whiffle-Bumpkin is not a trademark of anyone, as far as I know.

          This program and associated programs and data files are
            Copyright (c) 1985,1993 by Flambeaux Software, Inc.