Wanted: VAX 11/750 code to do what RESET button does

Ron Natalie <ron> ron at brl-sem.ARPA
Wed Sep 25 02:02:14 AEST 1985


> Well then. . .is there anything I can do in the way of programming to cause
> those things to happen that happen when the RESET button is pressed?
> (Alas, the PDP-11's "reset" instruction has disappeared from the VAX's
> vast collection.)  If you know, please reply to me by mail.
> --
Hold the phone, a PDP-11 reset instruction will blow away memory
management.  Not something you ever want to do when UNIX is running.

-Ron



More information about the Comp.unix.wizards mailing list