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Jemm386 v5.8 (Developers)

posted by Japheth Homepage, Germany (South), 29.10.2020, 07:24

> 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

FASTBOOT switches CPU to real-mode, restores interrupt vectors and at last calls Int 19h to "reboot". One could implement ALTBOOT as a FASTBOOT variant, the one difference be that finally a true reset (setting/toggling a bit in the KBC) is done.

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