->>  CA> If the ASM is allowed to
->>  CA> execute how (other than in hardware) can the OS intercept the
->>  CA> execution of ML instruction code?  Interrupt tables can be
->>  CA> re-written from within ASM?  Interesting!
->>
->> the OS checks what each program is doing before allowing it to do it... WRT
->> interrupt tables being written in ASM, that's where we started with these
->> things oh so many years ago... i used to do things of similar nature with
->> the
->> peeks and pokes of BASIC but that was before i discovered ASM and PASCAL
->> OB-)

 CA> This is because each ASM program is executing in a virtual
 CA> machine
 CA> so the PIA it thinks it is toggling is not the PIA at all,
 CA> just a
 CA> memory location - is this what you mean?

basically, yes, i believe so...

)\/(ark