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- From: chuckp@u.washington.edu (Chuck Pliske)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Deadman programming - how to reset?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.003557.11293@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 00:35:57 GMT
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- I have written a "deadman" program, consisting of a faceless bg app with
- a TimeManager periodic visit. The app resets a counter every WNE, and
- the TM task counts it down. If it gets to 0, its time to reset the Mac.
-
- It has been my observation that most crashes involve the mainline portion
- of the system, and leave the interrupt system operational. My problem is
- in figuring out a reliable "reset" to use. In my old hypercharged SE,
- the "reset" instruction works just fine and I now have increased
- reliability in my unattended system. However, in the IIfx (7.1) the
- reset instruction blanks the screen but does not otherwise reset the
- computer. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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- Chuck Pliske
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