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Poweron Reset & Break Emergency keys

*help poweron => Help on keyword PowerOn When the machine is switched on, the following keys have an effect: R causes the operating system's CMOS RAM to be reset. DELETE causes all the machine's CMOS RAM to be reset. T and COPY are similar to R and DELETE, but set the opposite configured sync. 0 to 9 on the keypad reset (just) the configured monitor type. Keypad dot sets the configured mode, sync and monitor type to Auto. See also *Help Reset and *Help Break. >> John Ballance advised press f12 and type in *fx 162,239,255 >> followed by two presses of the Return key. >> Once you've returned to the desktop restart your Iyonix and you should >> find that the CMOS has been reset to its default parameters. *help reset => Help on keyword Reset When Reset is pressed, the following keys have an effect: SHIFT causes an autoboot (unless Boot is configured). keypad-* causes the supervisor to be run rather than the configured language. See also *Help PowerOn. *help break => Help on keyword Break The Break key either terminates tasks, or (with CTRL or SHIFT) acts like the Reset button. When Reset is pressed, the following keys have an effect: SHIFT causes an autoboot (unless Boot is configured). keypad-* causes the supervisor to be run rather than the configured language. See also *Help PowerOn. *

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