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From: hollen@mana.megatek.uucp (Dion Hollenbeck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Software reboot program
Message-ID: <191@megatek.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Oct-87 12:27:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: megatek.191
Posted: Tue Oct  6 12:27:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 10-Oct-87 07:20:03 EDT
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Reply-To: hollen@mana.UUCP (Dion Hollenbeck)
Distribution: world
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, Ca.
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Keywords: reboot

Somebody out there asked for a software reboot program but I lost your
address.  It is very short, so I am posting it in hopes that it will
be useful to others also.


	Dion Hollenbeck             (619) 455-5590 x2814
	Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA  92121
			{sdcsvax,hplabs}!hp-sdd!megatek!hollen
			{sdcsvax,seismo}!esosun!


###########   cut here    ##############


	code segment
	assume cs:code,ds:code,es:code,ss:code
	org 100h
start:

boot	proc	far

;  fool POST into softboot without ram check
;  leave the next 5 lines out if you want full power up boot

	mov	ax,40h
	mov	es,ax
	mov	ax,1234h
	mov	bx,72h
	mov	es:[bx],ax	

;  push FFFFH and 0 on stack as return address
;  when executed will be in effect a JMP FAR to FFFF:0 which
;  is the hardware reset address
	
	mov	ax,0ffffh
	push	ax
	xor	ax,ax
	push	ax
	ret

boot	endp

code	ends
	end start
	Dion Hollenbeck             (619) 455-5590 x2814
	Megatek Corporation, 9645 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA  92121
			{sdcsvax,hplabs}!hp-sdd!megatek!hollen
			{sdcsvax,seismo}!esosun!