Re: pentium bug continued [slightly offtopic]

Kai Henningsen (kaih@khms.westfalen.de)
12 Nov 1997 22:00:00 +0200


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