motorollin wrote:
IIRC, the hardware reset initiated by the keyboard only kicks in once the keys have been held for several seconds. Prior to that, the reset is handled by software. That's why if the Amiga hangs and you do Ctrl-A-A, you have to hold it down for several seconds because the software is no longer responding, so you have to hold the keys until the hardware reset kicks in.
I highly doubt that. That way every piece of software (including games and demos with custom bootloaders etc) all should have a built-in code which allows an immediate reset when the three-finger salute is given.
I never encountered a game or demo (booted from floppy) that would not instantly respond to Ctrl-A-A. My guess is the reset command is burned somewhere in the Kickstart ROM (but if you look at the Kickstart being software, then you're right moto :-))
