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From: support@dg-rtp.dg.com (Data General Support)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k
Subject: Minor clarification: Trashed configuration parameters
Keywords: NOVRAM
Message-ID: <1990Sep6.201935.27127@dg-rtp.dg.com>
Date: 6 Sep 90 20:19:35 GMT
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In article <1990Aug31.202855.14512@dg-rtp.dg.com>, support@dg-rtp.dg.com
(Data General Support) writes:
|> In article <1567@uvm-gen.UUCP>, ackerman@sadye.uvm.edu (Steve
Ackerman) writes:
|> >We're attempting to write a stand-alone program that runs without 
|> >the DG/UX kernel...our program bombed hard a few times.
|> 
|> Mr. Ackerman seems to be writing into an area which is reserved for
|> non-volatile RAM (0xfff80000 - 0xfff81fff).  
|> [...]
|>     If at this point you do not get any text
|>     on the console, press the key sequence < control-V > followed by
a "1".

We should make it clear that we mean for you to enter a total of 
TWO characters: first control-V, then 1 .

Also, in the event that you are using a 60 Hz graphics monitor 
instead of the default DG-supplied 70 Hz monitor, you should use 
2 in the place of 1.

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