RK>  Protected mode means NOTHING to a skilled programmer. ALL protected 
 RK> mode means is that each applications MEMORY is 
 RK> protected from any other application running on the 
 RK> system, NOT that you cannot access an executable, 
 RK> juggle ring 0 - 3 descriptors etc. I am a programmer

Actually,  this is exactly what it means.  You can't access a running
exe/dll,  and you can't juggle descriptor tables from an app, and you can't
do port i/o to any port the OS doesn't want you to (like the DISK
controller)

 RK> platform hit. "Can't happen!".  My a$# it can't... If

I don't think anyone in here has said it can't happen;  they have just very
correctly pointed out that all of your techniques won't work.

I have already warned you...please drop this thread,  or post source code
to back up what you say,   or prepare for a complaint to your fidonet feed.

Moderator - OS2PROG.

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