Reset switch for IBM PC/AT ?

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From: johnl
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1987 22:12

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I do software development on my PC AT, which means that it hangs a lot.
Turning it off and on is a pain, and isn't very good for the disks and
the screen either.  It is my impression that it should be fairly easy to
build a little circuit that when I push a button zaps the reset line inside
the PC and restarts it as though the power had just been restored.  Please
mail me responses; I'll summarize if there's interest.

I realize that there are various software ways to try to catch keystrokes
and reset, but my programs are sufficiently vicious that only a hardware
reset will do.

TIA,
-- 
John R. Levine, Javelin Software Corp., Cambridge MA +1 617 494 1400
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Subject: Reset switch for IBM PC/AT ?
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Date: Tue, 27-Jan-87 17:12:11 EST
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