22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
9:23 p.m.
{The Design of OS/2} by Deitel and Kogan (how do you delineate titles of books when you
can't underline or italicize?) seems to indicate that the triple fault switch back to
real mode is relying on a "feature" of the 80286, since for the reset method it
talks about the hardware involved (keyboard controller on AT, I/O port electonics on
PS/2). The book also makes the note that "compared ot the other alternatives, the
process [triple faulting] is a slow one" (285).