Legacy apps in Windows/OS X was Re: Old MS-DOS & Win Software

[Jim Leonard]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Consider on Windows XP that you can still run the following code:
> 
> 	mov	cl,9
> 	mov	dx,offset HWMes
> 	call	5

What is "call 5"?  I'm having a brain fart right now and can't parse this.
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