[offtopic] Re: APM oops in 2.1.127

Gerhard Mack (gmack@imag.net)
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 00:44:38 -0800 (PST)


On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Eric wrote:

>
> On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Robert Minichino wrote:
>
> > > Interesting. Power down works in Win 95 (I hate to have to say that!).
> > > That would imply Win95 switches to Real Mode before powering down.
> >
> > IIRC, Win95 exits to DOS before powering down. :)
>
> You could even type "mode co80" at the smog screen and get a c:>
> prompt. That was embarrassing so MS changed it later to end on
> an asm loop to lock up the machine.

Actually you used to be able to get the same behavior just by deleting the
files corresponding to the shutdown screens.
I donn't know if it's the same way since I havn't touched windows in over
a year. (descided Linux needed my whole hd).

Gerhard

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Gerhard Mack

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As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.

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