The address of the CP/M data segment is returned in ES:BX by the S_SYSDAT call (9Ah). It is laid out as follows:
Although the CP/M-86 3.1 BDOS doesn't appear to implement the S_SYSDAT call, its data segment is in a very similar format. Fields that only apply to one or the other version will be marked [v3 only] or [v4 only].
See also: CP/M-86 4.1 XIOS data area.
Offset Size Data Description ============================================================================ 00 DW cpmfunc_0 ; Addresses in the code segment of BDOS DW cpminit_0 ; function handlers. The "func" ones are DW cpmfunc_2 ; live; all the "init" handlers consist of DW cpminit_0 ; single "retn" instructions. BDOS 4.1 doesn't ... ; even call them, though BDOS 3.1 does at DW cpminit_12 ; boot time. 1C DB build_date ; [v3] ASCII, 12 bytes - eg '* 11/16/83 *' ; [v4] ASCII, 8 bytes - eg '08-05-86' 24 DD bootfunc2 ; [v4 only] If this address is nonzero, ; then it is the address of a function that ; should be called on boot; perhaps support ; for another module like the DOS emulator, ; or for Resident System Processes. ; All existing systems seem to have 0 here. 28 DD bios_entry ; Far pointer to the XIOS main entry. 2C DD bios_init ; Far pointer to the XIOS cold boot routine. 30 DD bdos ; Far pointer to the internal BDOS call ; handler (which should be entered with DS ; already pointing at this segment and a ; local stack). 34 DD int_dispatch ; Far pointer to a routine called by the ; XIOS when the system tick occurs. 38 DD int_setflag ; Far pointer to a routine called by the ; XIOS when a system flag changes. 3C DD int_charscan ; Far pointer to a routine called by the ; XIOS when keyboard input occurs. 40 DD dosmod ; [v4 only] Far pointer to the DOS emulator ; cold boot function, if present. Else zero. ; [v3] unused. 44 DW ccpdseg ; (in the boot file) Paragraph address of ; the CCP data segment. ; This is a standard CP/M-86 zero page, ie. ; it starts with the following data: ; DW ccp_codeseg_len ; DB 0 ; DW ccp_codeseg_base_para ; DB 0 ; DW ccp_dataseg_len ; DB 0 ; DW ccp_dataseg_base_para ; ; Once the boot file has loaded, this word ; seems to be used to track memory allocations. 46 DW osbaseseg ; First paragraph used by the system file ; (ie, the BDOS code segment) 48 DW osendseg ; First paragraph not used by the system file ; (ie, end of the BDOS data segment) 4A DW fgproc ; Segment of process table entry for ; foreground process (offset will be 0) 4C DW sysflaglist ; List of processes waiting on system flags 4E DW rlr ; Segment of process table entry for ; current process ; (rlr stands for Ready List Root) 50 DW proctable ; Segment of process table 52 DW waitproc ; Segment of processes waiting in process queues? 54 DW ? 56 DB prcount ; Number of processes in the system, 1-4. 57 DW bdosver ; BDOS version, 1031h, 1033h or 1041h ; (see Interrupt List, AX=4452h) 59 BYTE using_8087 ; System variable 140. Set to 0FFh if a process ; is using the 8087. 5A DS 4 ; CP/M search path - up to 4 drives, terminated ; with 0FFh if fewer than 4 present. ; 0 for default drive, 1-16 for A: to P: 5E DB tempdrive ; Drive for temporary files 5F DW tod_day ; Days since 31-12-1977 61 DB tod_hr ; Time, hours (BCD) 62 DB tod_min ; Time, minutes (BCD) 63 DB tod_sec ; Time, seconds (BCD) 64 DB curx ; Current screen X-coordinate 65 DB con_width ; Screen width - 1 66 DB con_len ; Screen height - 1 67 DB pagemode ; Should programs pause every screenful? 68 DW unknown 6A DS 8 ; Process queue for disk subsystem. ; Format of process queue is: ; DW offset of next process queue, ; 0 for last. ; DW segment of process that owns ; this subsystem, 0 for none. ; DW head of linked list of ; processes waiting for this ; subsystem, 0 for none. ; DW 0 ;? 72 DS 8 ; Process queue for program loader 7A DS 8 ; Process queue for disk/filesystem access 82 DS 8 ; Process queue for the error handler ; (the code that prints ; "BDOS function=x file=f") 8A DS 8 ; Process queue for memory managerJohn Elliott 1-1-2005
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