INT 96 U - KILL.COM, QKILL.COM - POP UP Program: KILL.COM is a TSR(Terminate and Stay Resident) A program which remains in memory after terminating in order to provide services to other programs or the user. The name comes from the name of the DOS function call used to remain in memory after termination. utility that allows you to terminate programs by calling INT 21/AH=4Ch or reboot the computer (author unknown); QKILL.COM is a modification of KILL.COM by Solar Designer that supports QEMM's Quick BootTo start up the computer or operating system. The term "boot" is a contraction of "bootstrap", which in turn comes from the expression "to lift oneself by one's boot straps." The ROM BIOS on IBMInternational Busiuness Machines PCs and compatibles reads in the first sector of the disk, which contains a short (less than 500 bytes) program that reads in a portion of the operating system, which in turn reads in the remainder of the operating system. See also IPL. feature Notes: This interrupt is intercepted but not chained by KILL.COM; it is never called by KILL.COM itself. It points into the middle of KILL.COM's INT 09 handler and assumes specific values have been placed on the stack (thus it can't be called as an interrupt). To invoke KILL, use the following code: pushf push cs push offset $+0Dh push ax push es push 0 pop es jmp dword ptr es:[96h*4]