Is Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga something special?

[rsn8887]

I wonder does the Amiga handle Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga (reset) differently than any other keypresses? I am asking because in Uae4All2, this combination does not reset the emulated Amiga. But in WinUAE, it does.

So I wonder if WinUAE contains some special code such as "if Ctrl-Amiga-Amiga is held, reset the emulator." And therefore, such a reset does not happen naturally whenever the internal keymap that represents the keyboard state shows all these keys as pressed down.

I hope I am getting across what I mean.

[ma693541]

CTRL-Amiga-Amiga was standard reset keys on all Amiga models if I remember it right, if you say that UAE4All2 doesn't do this, then it does not follow the standard key input when it comes to the real hardware. WinUAE does this.

[meynaf]

Amiga's Ctrl-A-A is a hardware reset controlled iirc by the keyboard mpu.
So it needs to be emulated or it won't work.

[Toni Wilen]

Yes, it is a special case, when those keys are pressed, keyboard mcu sends reset signal to system (+possible extra keycode + max 10s delay if "reset warning" is supported and in use)

[idrougge]

Is the delay the same on all machines? 10 ms seems like an awfully short time to do anything practical.

[meynaf]

It's 10 s, not 10 ms

[Leffmann]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Yes, it is a special case, when those keys are pressed, keyboard mcu sends reset signal to system (+possible extra keycode + max 10s delay if "reset warning" is supported and in use)

What keyboard waits 10 seconds though? I remember that my A500's seemed to reset instantly, and my A1200 waits about 1 second if there's no handshake, and you have to hold the keys down for about 0.1 seconds or it won't respond at all.

[Toni Wilen]

A500 does not have "reset warning" capable keyboard MCU. A1200 does support it but it does nothing unless it is in use. Also usually most handlers return as soon as possible (for example filesystems quickly flush buffers and returns), 10 seconds delay can only happen if some handler refuses to return.

Check keyboard.device/KBD_ADDRESETHANDLER.

[mark_k]

There are a few programs which install reset handlers on Aminet, a simple one is ResetHandler.

I'm not sure whether any filesystems use that feature, but since Kickstart 1.2, trackdisk.device (the Amiga floppy driver) does. It writes its track buffer to disk before allowing the reset to proceed. Or maybe it just waits for any in-progress actual disk write to finish, I forget which. It also refuses to process any further commands, returning the error code TDERR_PostReset.