POST - Cold Boot / Power On Self Test Activities

	- power supply starts Clock Generator (8284) with Power
	  Good signal on BUS
	- CPU reset line is pulsed resetting CPU
	- DS, ES, and SS are cleared to zero

	Cold and Warm Boot both execute the following sequence
	- CS:IP are set to FFFF:0000 (address of ROM POST code)
	- jump to CS:IP  (execute POST, Power On Self test)
	- interrupts are disabled
	- CPU flags are set, read/write/read test of CPU registers
	- checksum test of ROM BIOS
	- Initialize DMA (verify/init 8237 timer, begin DMA RAM refresh)
	- save reset flag then read/write test the first 32K of memory
	- Initialize the Programmable Interrupt Controller (8259)
	  and set 8 major BIOS interrupt vectors (interrupts 10h-17h)
	- determine and set configuration information
	- initialize/test CRT controller & test video memory (unless 1234h
	  found in reset word)
	- test 8259 Programmable Interrupt Controller
	- test Programmable Interrupt Timer (8253)
	- reset/enable keyboard, verify scan code (AAh), clear keyboard,
	  check for stuck keys, setup interrupt vector lookup table
	- hardware interrupt vectors are set
	- test for expansion box, test additional RAM
	- read/write memory above 32K (unless 1234h found in reset word)
	- addresses C800:0 through F400:0 are scanned in 2Kb blocks in
	  search of valid ROM.	If found, a far call to byte 3 of the ROM
	  is executed.
	- test ROM cassette BASIC (checksum test)
	- test for installed diskette drives & FDC recalibration & seek
	- test printer and RS-232 ports.  store printer port addresses
	  at 400h and RS-232 port addresses at 408h.  store printer
	  time-out values at 478h and Serial time-out values at 47Ch.
	- NMI interrupts are enabled
	- perform INT 19 (bootstrap loader), pass control to boot record
	  or cassette BASIC if no bootable disk found
	- WARM BOOT procedure is now executed

	- see   DIAGNOSTIC CODES