UN: Timeslicing?

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3 total messages Started by Shakib Otaqui Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:42

#1859

Author: Shakib Otaqui
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:42

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JM>   OS2SPEED emulates the DV API enough to allow a DV-aware program to give up its
  >   timeslice in an OS/2 VDM. The program is written to the DV API, not the OS/2
  >   one. This technique seems a valid test to me.

  I have just seen a user report that said OS2SPEED messed up the
  CMOS on his system:  the date was changed and, worse, so was the
  AMI BIOS password.  He's had to disconnect the CMOS battery to
  regain access, and re-enter all the data.

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Re: UN: Timeslicing?

#1861

Author: Wes Garland
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:02

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In article uupcb@almac.co.uk, shakib.otaqui@almac.co.uk (Shakib Otaqui) writes:
>  I have just seen a user report that said OS2SPEED messed up the
>  CMOS on his system:  the date was changed and, worse, so was the
>  AMI BIOS password.  He's had to disconnect the CMOS battery to
>  regain access, and re-enter all the data.

But if he had read his BIOS manual, he would have realised that there
are two pins on the motherboard that you can short momentarily. They
will cause a CMOS DATA INVALID message (but its not), which will
force it *not* to ask you for a password, but dump you into setup.
Set your new password, and presto.

Cheers,
Wes

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Re: UN: Timeslicing?

#1886

Author: Louis Verhagen
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 00:24

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3386838@Jeff-Lab.QueensU.CA (Wes Garland) writes:

>In article uupcb@almac.co.uk, shakib.otaqui@almac.co.uk (Shakib Otaqui) writes:
>>  I have just seen a user report that said OS2SPEED messed up the
>>  CMOS on his system:  the date was changed and, worse, so was the
>>  AMI BIOS password.  He's had to disconnect the CMOS battery to
>>  regain access, and re-enter all the data.

>But if he had read his BIOS manual, he would have realised that there
>are two pins on the motherboard that you can short momentarily. They
>will cause a CMOS DATA INVALID message (but its not), which will
>force it *not* to ask you for a password, but dump you into setup.
>Set your new password, and presto.

I just reread my manuals to find this info. But I couldn't find
any info on the bios chip. Clones nowadays don't come with so
much information anymore. Maybe the friend of Shakib had
the same problem?

Greetings
Louis

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