SLY: VIEWINTL v1.0 (c) 1998

          Protected mode viewer for Ralph Brown's Interrupt List v56+

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                                  What is it?
                                  Why is it?
                              How does it works?
                                     Keys
                                 Command line
                                 Requirements
                                     Other

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        What is it?

     This program is a text-mode viewer for the Interrupt List created  and
distributed among the all programmers over the world by Ralph  Brown.  This
viewer is compatible with the version 56 of  interrupt  list  and  possibly
with the newer versions.

        Why is it?

     Viewer presents as suitable features as search through  topics titles,
letter-by-letter search for needed interrupt/function. It shows all of more
than 8000 topics of the current INTERRUPT LIST, and supports up to 15'000
topics and topic length up to 1'400 lines.

        How does it works?

     Program  must  be  started  from  the  catalog  that   contains    the
INTERRUP.LST file. This file  can  be  made  by  the  utility  COMBINE.COM,
distributed with the Interrupt List. At  the  first  start  viewer  creates
index-file for  the  fast  view  possibilities  in  the  catalog  with  the
INTERRUPT.LST (or optionally in other catalog - see Command line  section).
After this viewer goes directly to the list of topics  -  it's  topic  view
mode. You can read desireable topic by pressing Enter on it - in this  case
viewer will go to the topic body view mode.

        Keys

  In topic list view mode:
    to move:
      - arrows up/down, page up/page down, home/end. Also you can type in the
        interrupt and the AX register letter by letter.
    to search for a string:
      - F7
    to continue search:
      - Shift-F7, Alt-F7, Ctrl-F7
    to exit viewer:
      - Alt-X, Esc
    to enter the topic body view mode:
      - Enter

  In topic body view mode:
    to write the topic in a file:
      - W, F2
    to exit this mode:
      - Enter, Esc
    to exit viewer:
      - Alt-X

        Command line

     The only command line parameter can be full name of a index  file  (in
case you don't want to have it in the catalog with the INTERRUP.LST  -  for
example, if it's a CD-ROM catalog).

        Requirements

     This is 32-bit protected mode program, and for normal work it must  be
run on a computers with 386+ processor with minimum of 4 Mb RAM.  Operation
system - MS-DOS, OS/2, Win95. Minimum amount  of  free  RAM  to  start  the
program is 1.2 Mb.

        Other

     Interrupt List ic (c) by Ralf Brown. Thanks for his great work -  this
list is really incredible!

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