Hi Jon,
On 16 Jul 97, 17:30, you wrote to All
 JG> How come I can do this?
 JG>    CLI
 JG>    Mov AX, 0003
 JG>    Int 010
 JG> I thought CLI was supposed to disable ALL interrupts.  Hmmm....
All interrupts _are_ disabled by cli. This, however, is interpreted in the
strict original sense of _hardware_ interrupts. The int 010 you do is a call 
to the interrupt handler at position 010 in the list of interrupts (aka the 
interrupt vector).
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