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 Does not preserve any registers other than SS:SP. Does not preserve any registers other than SS:SP.
  
-Probably identical to AH=63h/AL=00h for DOS 2.25.+Probably identical to AH=63h/AL=00h for DOS 2.25, but error handling differs
  
 The US version of MS-DOS 3.30 treats this as an unused function, setting AL=00h and returning immediately, WITHOUT setting DS:SI; only the Far East versions of MS-DOS 3.2 and 3.3 supported this call. The US version of MS-DOS 3.30 treats this as an unused function, setting AL=00h and returning immediately, WITHOUT setting DS:SI; only the Far East versions of MS-DOS 3.2 and 3.3 supported this call.
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 IBM DOS 6.1 SYS.COM assumes that CF is set on error IBM DOS 6.1 SYS.COM assumes that CF is set on error
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 +To get the DBCS lead byte table without complicated DOS version checks, set the DS:SI registers to 0:0 before calling the API. If a valid DBCS lead byte table is returned, the DS:SI registers will be modified (the table can’t possibly be stored at 0:0). If DS:SI are still 0:0, the API is not implemented, the DOS is not a Far East version, and hence there are no double-byte characters and no lead byte table.
  
 Format of double-byte character set lead byte table entry: Format of double-byte character set lead byte table entry:
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 ===== See also ===== ===== See also =====
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-AX=6301h - AH=07h - AH=08h - AH=0Bh 
  
 ===== Note ===== ===== Note =====