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From: snovell@wam.umd.edu (Scott J. Novell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga 500 re-booting (viruses)
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Date: 30 Jul 90 21:34:42 GMT
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I just recently got an Amiga 500 after having had an Amiga 1000.  My question
is this:
  When you hit ctrl-A-A to reboot the machine, does that wipe out everything 
in memory, or like in the case of a RAD: disk in memory, does it leave some 
of the memory untouched?  The reason I ask is if I ever encounter a floppy 
disk with a virus on it (has happened twice before on my 1000), will rebooting
the machine wipe the virus out of memory or do I have to turn the machine 
completely off to expunge it?
Thanks for any help.

snovell@cscwam.umd.edu