CB>  If data between $000F0000 and $000FFFFF were altered would
 CB>  it remain different on the next boot ?
it depends what modifications are made and wether the boot is cold
(power) hard (reset) or soft (ctrl-alt-delete), it's probably
possible to modify the soft boot code to not re-load the rom into
RAM (and maybe the soft boot code doesn't by default)
I'm not sure about hard boots.
                        
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 DG> Replying to a message of Nathan Malyon to Darryl Gregorash:
 
 DG>> It does exist, and I think it might still be in production 
 DG>> today. It never made
 
 NM> it wouldn't be, intel wont build anything slower than an
 NM> pentium 166 now and most other companies want to cut down
 NM> on losses by selling high rnge fast mass-produced chips
 DG> What processor were we talking about here? If it is the 
 DG> 80186, then it is still
 DG> listed, I believe, in the "embedded controllers" sections on Intel's
 DG> website. It was the last time I checked, then again the 486 was still
 DG> listed at that time in the CPU section, but has since disappeared :)
well, i dont have net access, but all intel IBM pc range CPU's
are backward compatible (except 8088, i think) even the Pentium II's
have registers and internal codes from 80186
what do you mean by "embedded Controllers", if that's what i think it is
even the P II has the Controller functions of 80186
but what i said was that Intel dont "produce" the 80186
cause they are not building anything slower than the Pentium 166's
now, they did at one point build the 80186, but there is no market for
an chip that slow
so now they dont build them
that's all i wanted to say
cya
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