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Re: How to reboot

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From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Mon, 20 May 1991 22:49
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paulg@resmel.bhp.com.au (Paul Gallagher) writes:

>>1.	Set the number 1234(hex) into the memory location 0040:0072 (hex).
>>2.	Do a jump to 0FFFF:0000 (hex).

>If your in a *really* wicked mood, try this autoexec.bat :

>  @echo off
>  echo g=ffff:0 |debug >nul

Shorten it to this:

  @echo g=ffff:0 |debug >nul

That ought to be *very* hard to break out of in time!

I wonder if this would work? In config.sys:

  shell=command.com /c echo g=ffff:0 |debug >nul

I'm afraid to try it!
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From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: How to reboot
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Date: 20 May 91 22:49:15 GMT
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