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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: shutting off the instruction cache
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Date: 4 Apr 88 17:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Apr  4 11:28:00 1988



>You might even take 10 minutes to explain that in most computers, you
>are protected from writing on your programs 

This statement is clearly false, starting at the phrase "in most computers".


Most computers in the world use the 8088/8086 chip, in which you most
certainly CAN use self-modifying code!