Do you think Intel would make chips that only ran their o.s. ?
yah - i am pretty sure that would be a violation of laws
microsoft got sued for bundling IE with windows
how do you think the fed would react to an os that only ran on the same companies chips - lol
back in the day, i remember intel's x86 assembler
it was a bit clumsy, really - very basic
but, it was good enough for ibm to use for writing pc/xt bios code
in fact, it handled rom-able code better than masm, in some ways
well - masm is not intended for use, other than code to be run under ms operating systems
i have played some tricks and used it for my own rom-able code, though (personal use)