> Hmm...are you implying that there is another sort of DOS extender?  If
> you don't switch back to V86/Real mode, you can't use DOS, and if you
> don't use DOS to do your I/O, you don't have a DOS extender anymore...
Hmpf. Stop picking on the terminology. Besides, it's still running on top of 
DOS; hence- DOS extender.
> Maybe so.  Anybody who wants to try it is welcome to go right to work on
> the project.  OTOH, the Nobel committee might not agree with me as to
> the value of the work involved... 
A hacking-OS might be the thing. Anything to totally crush Microsoft's 
attempts at world domination by showing the backdoors they put in. :)
 -- SPEED 2.00 [NR]: -- Lord Nihil -- This is a microsoft-free zone.
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