On 10/29/2011 5:44 PM, Shmuel Metz , Seymour J. wrote:
In<[email protected]>, on
10/27/2011
at 06:53 PM, Paul Gilmartin<[email protected]> said:
I recall a computer, perhaps pre-360; perhaps non-IBM whose
operator's console had a deeply recessed button that set all central
memory to 0.
S/370 included a clear-reset function that cleared storage. Is that
what you're thinking of?
On our 360-65 you could set some of the front panel switches (to long
ago to remember which) and push start to clear core. I think this set
the address of a "ROM" routine. I assume other 360's had similar
functions.
--
Richard
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