PM>Anyone who's tried (and succeeded) using variables in a
PM>bootrecord knows I'm right...
I'll have to take your word on it. [grin]
TH>While the boot ROM code placed the load area at 7C00, the
TH>boot record code can work anywhere.
PM>If it contains no pointers/variables whatever, yes. I don't think
PM>very many bootsector will be very well disassembled as COM files.
Ah,... maybe that is where the misunderstanding came about. I don't
recall saying anything about disassembling, or converting the boot
record into a .COM file. I simply said to disassemble it to gain an
understanding as to how it worked. Of course it can be modified and
re-assembled. Admittedly, I haven't done that, but I don't doubt that
it can be done. If we can agree on that point, then we really have no
argument, and we can be friends again. [grin]
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