From:	Mihai Cartoaje <moisemih AT ift DOT ulaval DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Protection disabling & Asm
Date:	Mon, 11 Nov 1996 18:55:15 -0500
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Leath Muller wrote:

> > 1.      Should I really regret turning off protection so I can write my [...]

> If you code correctly, you shouldn't have any problems. Be warned
> though,
> I managed to screw up one simple thing one night, and killed Win95
> completely.
> ie: The computer when straight into a reboot... :)

I have done worse. When I wrote above 0xC0000, I erased the BIOS
password and all the other settings, so the BIOS had to rescan the
hardware. There was no damage, though. 

But I'm feeling better now... ;-)

Mihai "the sailor"

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