On (11 Mar 97) AL SPONAR wrote to STEPHEN HAFFLY...
 AS> SH>Anyway, I think I have it pretty well set up now.  I have installed
 AS> it SH>on a laptop, more precisely, a Compaq Contura 3/25c.  It has
 AS> been
 AS> Compaqs often require Compaq DOS instead of good old generic
 AS> MS DOS.  The same may apply to your substitute for DOS, which
 AS> Compaq will no doubt not support.
 AS> SH>CTRL-ALT-DEL.  This will lock up the system every time.  Is there
 AS> SH>something unique about Compaq laptops?  So far, I haven't found
 AS> anything
 AS> Compaq everything is unique.
 AS> The software could be locking out that key combination.
It does seem that this key combination is indeed locked out for OpenDos
and this old Compaq.  I did discover something interesting though.
There is a command "BOOT", which will reboot the computer, even though
CTRL-ALT-DEL doesn't work.  I had it work from what I thought was a
locked up screen as well by typing it blind.  I am not sure if it will
be helpful to anyone else or not.  It isn't a command that is in the
OpenDos directory, so it must be an internal commad to OpenDos.
TTYL,
Stephen
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