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In article <1094@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
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>*									*
>* COLD cold boot code: copy a bit of code to $8, then jump to it.	*
>* The bit of code clears RAM starting from its own end, until it	*
>* gets a bus error.  Then it jumps to the start of the ROM.		*
>*									*
>* This will obliterate any eternal RAM disks, caches, auto-booting	*
>* hard disks, etc., and give you the coldest boot you can get without	*
>* turning off the power.  Colder, on a Mega, because the RAM holds	*
>* its contents for >10sec sometimes.					*
>*									*
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Why not simply set memvalid (0x0420) to zero and jump through 0x0004?

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