SM>*** Peter Magnusson wrote in a message to Scott McNay:
SM>Furthermore, you might have problems under Win95, WinNT,
SM>Linux, or any other modern operating system that bypasses
SM>the BIOS (and thus bypasses any TSRs)....
[....]
SM>Bypassing the BIOS, in this case, means that the interrupt
SM>vectors are reinitialized with new values.
SM>--Scott.
Hi Scott;
BIOS is not bypassed in *any* operating system. BIOS is how universal
software is able to work with a particular hardware design of which
there are many when it comes to the IBM compatable. For instance -
all vidio cards nowadays come with their own BIOS. Bypassing it would
cripple any new design features post operating release.
The best standard feature I've seen that has slowed the spread of
a computer virus is the boot sector inhibit switch. Not much help
for those who copy a lot of EXEs around, though. [grin]
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