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Port 092 - System Control Port A (PS/2)
11xx xxxx Fixed-Disk Activity Light
These bits control the fixed-disk activity light.
Setting either bit to 1, turns tge fixed-disk
activity light on. Setting both bits to 0, turns the
light off.
xx1x xxxx Reserved
xxx1 xxxx Watchdog Timer Status
This read-only bit indicates the Watchdog Timer
status. When set to 1, a Watchdog time-out has
occured.
xxxx 1xxx Security Lock Latch
This bit provides the security lock for secured area
of RT/CMOS. Setting this bit to 1 electrically locks
the 8-byte, power-on password. Once this bit is set by
POST, it can only be cleared by turning the system
off.
xxxx x1xx Reserved (=0)
xxxx xx1x Alternate Gate A20
This bit is used to enable the 'address 20' signal
(A20) when the microprocessor is in the real address
mode. When set to 0, A20 cannot be used in real mode
addressing.
xxxx xxx1 Alternate Hot Reset
This bit provides an alternate method of ressetting
the system microprocessor. This alternate method
supports operating systems requiring faster operation
than was provided on the IBM Personal Computer (R).
Resetting the system microprocessor is used to switch
the microprocessor from the protected mode to real
address mode (this is not nessasary on 80386 based
systems). The alternate reset takes 13.4 ms (the
original reset takes 30 ms), and the microprocessor
is death for interrupt in this period.
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