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  Interrupt:   23h
 
  Title:       CTRL+C Handler Address
 
  See also:    Program Segment Prefix, CTRL+Break Handler
 
  Description:
 
     The machine interrupt vector for Int 23h (memory locations
     0000:008Ch through 0000:008Fh) contains the address of the routine
     which receives control when a CTRL+C is detected during any
     character I/O function and, if the Break flag is ON, during most
     other MS-DOS function calls. The address in this vector is also
     copied into locations 0Eh through 11h of the program segment
     prefix (PSP) when a program is loaded but before it begins
     executing, and is restored from the PSP (in case it was modified
     by the application) as part of MS-DOS's termination handling.
 
     This interrupt should never be issued directly.
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