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Jemm386 v5.8 (Developers)

posted by Laaca , Czech republic, 28.10.2020, 22:06

We are looking forward for new version of Jemm. The changelist for this version as described in the history.txt file on the GitHub is quite rich.
Anyway, is possible to implement some alternate CTR-ALT-DEL handler?
We discussed this topic in april (http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/board_entry.php?id=16526#p16526)

Sure, on my notebook (16GB RAM) I can use the HIMEMX only without JEMM - the CPU remains in real mode and the reboot is posslible. But surprisinly in this configuration is quite unstable in my case and far better behaviour I can observe in V86 mode.
Now I load the JEMMEX in the AUTIOEXEC.BAT file and before rebooting I manually unload the JemmEX. It is working but not much comfortable.
So my question is -- is possible to add some switch into JemmEX for alternate CRTL-ALT-DEL (C-A-D) handling?
The manual says that switch ALTBOOT is currently dummy.
Maybe would be fine if the ALTBOOT switch could: 1) catch the C-A-D keystroke, 2) switch the CPU into realmode 3) set the environment like when JemmEX unloaded from command line 4) Reboot computer

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Complete thread:

• Jemm386 v5.8 - Laaca, 28.10.2020, 22:06
  • Jemm386 v5.8 - Japheth, 29.10.2020, 07:24
    • Jemm386 v5.8 - Laaca, 29.10.2020, 08:46
      • Jemm386 v5.8 - Japheth, 30.10.2020, 07:58
        • Jemm386 v5.8 - Laaca, 31.10.2020, 10:09
          • Jemm386 v5.8 - Japheth, 31.10.2020, 15:32
            • Jemm386 v5.8 - Laaca, 01.11.2020, 04:51
              • Jemm386 v5.8 - Japheth, 01.11.2020, 07:48
                • Jemm386 v5.8 - Laaca, 02.11.2020, 22:09
                  • Jemm386 v5.8 - Wengier, 03.11.2020, 03:14
                    • Jemm386 v5.8 - roytam, 09.04.2024, 09:56
                • Jemm386 v5.8 - Laaca, 06.11.2020, 19:47
                  • Jemm386 v5.8 - Japheth, 07.11.2020, 01:44
                  • Jemm386 v5.8 - Japheth, 16.11.2020, 14:04
                    • Jemm386 v5.8 - Laaca, 17.11.2020, 21:32
                    • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - Laaca, 31.01.2021, 00:59
                      • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - Japheth, 31.01.2021, 08:06
                        • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - Laaca, 31.01.2021, 11:28
                          • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - Japheth, 31.01.2021, 16:33
                            • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - Laaca, 31.01.2021, 21:01
                              • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - RayeR, 03.02.2021, 03:58
                                • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - Laaca, 03.02.2021, 07:21
                                  • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - RayeR, 03.02.2021, 13:29
                                    • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - Laaca, 03.02.2021, 18:15
                                      • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - RayeR, 03.02.2021, 19:01
                                      • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - RayeR, 04.02.2021, 23:21
                                        • Jemm386 v5.8 - alternate reset port and reset value - Laaca, 06.02.2021, 00:38
                • Jemm386 v5.8 - Laaca, 06.11.2020, 22:17
                  • Jemm386 v5.8 - Japheth, 07.11.2020, 01:47
    • Jemm386 v5.8 (Ctrl-Alt-Del issue) - Paul, 13.12.2020, 18:32
      • Jemm386 v5.8 (Ctrl-Alt-Del issue) - Japheth, 15.12.2020, 06:47