Note: This API call is for DOS and Win16 personality only. Use Family API for portability.
1 and higher
DIRECT CHARACTER INPUT, WITHOUT ECHO
AH = 07h
AL = character read from standard input
does not check ^C/^Break
standard input is always the keyboard under DOS 1.x, but may be redirected under DOS 2+
if the interim console flag is set (see AX=6301h), partially-formed double-byte characters may be returned
Text based on Ralf Brown Interrupt List Release 61
| osFree Macro Library | |
|---|---|
| Video I/O | @SetMode @SetCurSz @SetCurPos @GetCur @SetPage @ScrollUp @ScrollDn @Scroll @GetChAtr @PutChAtr @PutCh @SetPalet @SetColor @SetDot @GetDot @WrtTTY @VideoState @GetMode @GetDisplay @GetVideoState @GetEGAInfo @Cls | 
| Hardware info | @Equipment @MemSize | 
| Serial I/O | @AuxInit @AuxSendChar @AuxRecieveChar @AuxStatus | 
| Tape I/O | @TapeOn @TapeOff @TapeRead @TapeWrite | 
| Keyboard I/O | @KbdStatus @CharIn @CharPeek | 
| Printer I/O | @PrnPrint @PrnInit @PrnStatus | 
| Disk I/O | @DskReset @DskStatus @DskRead @DskWrite @DskVerify @DskFormat | 
| Date and Time | @SetTime @GetTime | 
| Mouse | @MouInit @MouShowPointer @MouStatus @MouSetPos @MouSetMickey @MouRegion | 
| Memory manager | @ModBlok SET_BLOCK |