-=PCTechTalk=- Fw: How a computer boots up
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:13:49 -0400
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From: "Roger"
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 1:03 AM
Subject: How a computer boots up
> Just in from ShellCity...
>
> http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/how-computers-boot-up
>
> This may be the best explanation of the boot process that I've ever seen.
>
> Back in the days of Windows 3.1 I tried to add an audio sequence to the
> AutoExec.bat file that would count off the events, One, Two, etc., using a
> set of wave files from the software included with an old modem. By
> listening to the count-down you could tell where the boot sequence was in
> the string of events that transpired during boot. If it skipped a number
> you had a problem. Unfortunately I never got it to work!
> If anyone else ever did I'd sure like to hear about it.
>
> ------------
> "From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with
> which I will not put."
> - Sir Winston Churchill
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