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Article #6184Cold Reset
From: R.D.Chafer
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1989 15:07
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1989 15:07
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>Date: 27 Nov 89 07:29:14 GMT
>From: cs.utexas.edu!samsung!caesar.cs.montana.edu!blake!themod@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Chris Hinton)
>Subject: Cold Start
>
> Help! I have search high and low, through every manual I could lay my
>grubby paws on, and yet I can find no documentation on how to perform a
>cold start from software. If some kind soul out there can send me code
>(C or Assembly preferable) I would be most appreciative.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Chris Hinton
> themod@blake.acs.washington.edu
>
I have not tried this, so it may not work:
You could try zeroing the STs magic numbers and doing a soft reset. The
actual names of the system variables to zero escape me at present but
are probably something like 'memvalid' or 'stmagic' (They are set to PI
and e I think).
Robert Chafer
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