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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 9:39 pm
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Originally Posted by chx1975
Welcome to the PC world where the keyboard controller chip is sometimes used to switch modes on the main CPU, ...
Good gawd! That's how the '286 switched in and out of protected mode. Mid '80's, I believe.

I don't think anyone's done that since the '386 was introduced.
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