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From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Re: IBM-PC Hardware RESET kluge -> R
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Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 20:37:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  1 20:37:35 1984
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[power down the line-eater]

>> There is a pin coming from the power supply which indicates
>> "power good". If you ground this signal, the entire computer is
>> placed in a RESET state, and, when this signal goes active again,
>> a complete power-up restart is executed. The power-good pin is the
I did the same to my Compaq a few weeks ago (using the IBM Tech Ref
Manual as a guide, because Compaq won't supply info to mere users).
Seems to work fine - and is even more necessary on the Compaq, which
requires a minimum of 15 sec after power down before it will LET you
power up again.
Smoke reports follow as necessary.
-- 
Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino)