Messages in this thread | | | Date | 12 Nov 1997 22:00:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: pentium bug continued [slightly offtopic] |
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linker@nightshade.z.ml.org (linux kernel account) wrote on 09.11.97 in <Pine.LNX.3.95.971109143202.7261B-100000@nightshade.z.ml.org>:
> Under 95 and linux the OS is controling the keyboard.. With DOS the > keyboard is controled by the BIOS and system hardware... Thats mostlikely > the cause..
Bull. Keyboard led blinking and ctrl-alt-delete handling is done in software, under DOS from inside the keyboard interrupt. (BIOS or KEYB.COM.) So, if it works, it means that the CPU is still servicing interrupts - obviously, it's NOT hard-frozen.
Maybe it's real mode at work? Any EMM386 or similar loaded under that DOS?
MfG Kai
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