On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:50:21 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote:

>Well... I don't know, but I speculate that the failure to load most
>REFR modules into store-protected storage in the early days was an
>attempt to avoid providing an easy to use mechanism for unauthorized
>programs to put arbitrary data into protected storage.

I don't see why that would have been a problem.  Perhaps you could 
enlighten us as to the why that would be necessary.  Remember that 
system integrity issues were not as well understood as they are today.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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