IT>>      cli
IT>>      x:
IT>>      jmp x
IT>>
IT>>     Execute this in a DOS window.
IT>>
IT>>     Hope you closed all the applications first... ;)

 DN> It just means you have a duff machine. Those of us who have
 DN> EISA or MCA motherboards have the watchdog timer in the bus
 DN> control chipset to deal with excessively long disabling of
 DN> interrupts. The VDM will trap with an NMI and order will be
 DN> restored _on_a_decent_machine.

what about continous disabling of interrupts? i don't believe that IT
posted the above snippet as it should have been... i just posted it in
another message as i recall it...

)\/(ark