> > He explained that he had read somewhere that this could happen if one wasn't careful.
> With good reason, I'd say. I don't recall MASM and TASM coming with libraries, which left you with several hazardous options.
> So you want to write to files, do you? cue evil laughter

it's still nearly impossible to permanently fuck up a computer with software. and in those rare cases where it is possible, it's usually because of a hardware bug.