Re: Reset on kb disconnect.

[Ken T. <ke...@we...>]

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> This is a hardware feature: pressing Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga pulls the reset line on
> the keyboard connector. Disconnecting the keyboard may have the same effect.
> Note that on `new' keyboards the keyboard first sends the reset warning
> keycode, so the Amiga can tell the keyboard to not pull the reset line.
> However, the real reset can be delayed for 10 seconds only, that's why we don't
> use it to shutdown your computer, which can easily take more than 10 seconds.

> You didn't try this under AmigaOS, while you were experimenting with it?

I reaize how the reset and reset warning operate but I don't ever recall
seeing it before, I would have thought it would have noticed it before.
 
I'll try under Aniga OS.

Ken,