AH = 1A DS:DX = pointer to disk transfer address (DTA) returns nothing - specifies the disk transfer address to DOS - DTA cannot overlap 64K segment boundary - offset 80h in the PSP is a 128 byte default DTA supplied by DOS upon program load - use of the DTA provided by DOS will result in the loss of the program command tail which also occupies the 128 bytes starting at offset 80h of the PSP - see INT 21,2F