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[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago

Ctrl+alt+delete was a separate interrupt line direct from the keyboard. That is, when you pressed the three keys, the interrupt signal was asserted, causing the CPU to jump to the interrupt service routine, which should be in the source code package.

[-] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

is it in the source code, or is it just passed right to BIOS?

[-] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It was originally a BIOS interrupt, but eventually got captured by the OS. Here's Dave Bradley talking about inventing it https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K_lg7w8gAXQ

this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2024
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