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From: TGOLDIN@amherst.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: What is the SysRq key for?
Message-ID: <8941@amherst.bitnet>
Date: 17 Jan 90 00:04:37 GMT
References: <Jan.11.09.43.32.1990.19450@pilot.njin.net>
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In article <Jan.11.09.43.32.1990.19450@pilot.njin.net>, ccoombs@pilot.njin.net (Cliff Coombs) writes:
> Someone new to computers came up to me the other day and asked 
> "what does the SysRq key do?", once again I had to admit I'm not the
> all knowing guru some people think I am. (I hate being referred to as
> a computer expert)

As far as I know, there is no inherent function to the SysRq key.
However, I have seen it used by a utility program of the AOX '386 accellerator
boards.  If you install a device called "master.sys" in the config.sys, the
SysRq key takes on the function of switching between the '386 chip on the AOX
board and the '286 chip on the system board (ie, it activates and deactivates
the '386 board).