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From: akp@isrnix.UUCP
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Subject: Re: wanted: reset for ibmpc - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 15-Dec-83 07:32:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 15 07:32:32 1983
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isrnix!akp    Dec 12 19:00:00 1983

Hard to say. Anybody know how the IBM manages to get itself going? Could there
be a circuit invoked at power-on, which monitors the power supply until it
levels out, and then kicks the "reset" line of the CPU? Then what would happen?
Alternatively, this hypothetical circuit could force NOP's onto the data path
until things have stabilized (enough for the CPU to work reliably), then
interrupt the CPU and supply the starting address... Pretty complicated,
getting one of those beasts up, isn't it?
							-- Allan Pratt
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