12 May
1998
12 May
'98
12:31 p.m.
On Wed, 13 May 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
If the triple-fault has to be detected by some piece
of hardware outside
the CPU (which would be unlikely) then it can't work on a genuine IBM
(which is what IMHO defines a PC/AT). The only ways to reset the CPU on
that machine are by the power good signal from the PSU or the keyboard
controller.
Tripple-fault is documented to put the CPU into the shutdown state. I
know many mobo's tied this to reset (which is why your machine would
mysteriously reboot when running buggy version of Windows, OS/2, etc).
But I don't know if *all* mobo's or the original AT did this.
-- Doug