Re: How to reboot

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From: Paul Gallagher
Date: Sat, 04 May 1991 08:36

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ccsmd@ufhx1.ufh.ac.za (M. Daniel) writes:

>In <1991Apr29.071757.26827@dde.dk> ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering) writes:

>>How do I perform a soft reboot (I mean the equivalent of CTRL/ALT/DEL)
>>from software?
>>-- 

>There are two steps to follow:

>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

Paul Gallagher
{vggalp@resmel.bhp.com.au | paulg@bhpmrl.oz.au}

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