Add interrupts module: INT 3 (CC breakpoint) vs INT 21h (DOS services)

NASM sources, DOSBox/FreeDOS Debug/Unicorn harness, captured output and 31 assertions backing the ankurm.com article "INT 3 vs INT 21h in 8086 Assembly". Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <[email protected]> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KqJyCidz3ZgRyHABv2GVJh
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+; opcodes.asm -- which bytes does each spelling assemble to?  (read the listing, never run)
+bits 16
+org 0x100
+    int3                    ; the one-byte breakpoint        -> CC
+    int 3                   ; "INT n" with n = 3 in NASM      -> CD 03
+    db 0CDh, 03h            ; the same two bytes, written out -> CD 03
+    int 21h                 ; DOS entry point                 -> CD 21
+    int 10h                 ; BIOS video                      -> CD 10
+    into                    ; one-byte INTO                   -> CE