And thusly were the wise words spake by Jim Leonard
 Ethan Dicks wrote:
  I do *not* miss the days of DOS.   
 I do, since it was simpler and easier to gain complete access to the
 hardware.  You can still do so in other operating systems, but DOS+Debug
 remains one of my favorite environments to poke around in. 
And to peek as well? ;)
Cheers,
Bryan