22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
3:03 p.m.
>"Changing modes on the '286 is like
having to shut off your car engine on
>the freeway to shift gears." - Gordon Letwin (primary OS/2 at MS)
On Wed,
22 Feb 2006, John Foust wrote:
Referring to the method involving the keyboard
controller to
make the system change gears by almost rebooting?
I ASSUME that is what he was referring to.
I should dig out a copy of his book ("Inside OS/2"), and see whether he
mentions it there.