Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Well, since the microcode is just a bunch of extremely wide bitmaps that 
> open and close various switches, it wouldn't surprise me if doing so in 
> the wrong combination could short-circuit something, or do something 
> similarly bad.

That's a point.  I don't think that's real common, tho. There's usually 
something where you're connecting an input to an output. You connect the 
memory bus to the register, not the power in to the power out. :-)

> So what you're saying is it lets you access a file like you access 
> memory? (And presumably avoids the data being swapped out to the swap 
> file when you actually want it to end up in some other file anyway...)

Yes, precisely.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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