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- COMMAND: COLDSET.COM
-
- FUNCTION: Will set a hardware reset button for cold boot upon
- next press.
-
- FORMAT: COLDSET <cr>
-
- There are no special operators or parameters.
-
- TYPE: DOS external command
-
- REMARKS: This program will cause a press of a hardware reset
- button to initiate a cold boot upon the next press.
- During a hardware reset, the memory location
- 0000:0472 is compared to the value 1234h. If they
- are equal, then a WARM start indicated, causing the
- memory tests to be skipped. If there is any other
- value there, then a COLD start will cause the Power
- On Self Test (POST) to be run. This program simply
- sets the flag to 0000h, which will cause the reset
- compare to evaluate false, initiating a cold boot.
- Any data currently in memory will be LOST as if the
- power switch has just been toggled. This program
- requires a machine with a hardware reset switch to be
- of any real value.
-
- AUTHOR: Scott Mueller
- Mueller Business Systems
- 227 S. Hale
- Palatine, IL 60067
- 312-358-5524