| CP : xx state/meaning, shown during Machine initialization
 (POST phase 1 and 2)
 
CP output during Stage 1 POST  
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| CP | Description 
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| 01 | Disable clock interrupts, turn off screen, mask off parity, initialize interrupt controller,
 initialize error logging formats
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| 02 | Memory DMA refresh test | 
 
| 03 | Channel reset | 
| 04 | Test planar ports (94, 96, 100, 102) initialize default planar POS
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| 05 | Check CMOS/NVRAM for validity, initialize EXPRESSWAY
 (on Model 90 systems only)
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| 06 | Initialize dot clock | 
| 07 | Enable base memory | 
| 08 | Base memory testing - data integrity | 
| 09 | Base memory testing - addressability | 
| 0F | Fatal base memory error - recovery not successful | 
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| 10 | Start up drive 80 | 
| 11 | Enable extended memory, initialize base memory, disable SRAM, reset parity/channel check.
 Initialize row, column of cursor.
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| 12 | Test protected mode | 
| 14 | Initialize the 8259 interrupt controller | 
| 15 | Initialize the interrupt vectors | 
| 16 | Initialize BIOS interrupt vectors | 
| 17 | Verify DMA transfers | 
| 18 | POS setup, set CMOS clock | 
| 1A | Set divide-by-0 interrupt vector | 
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| 24 | Set CMOS equipment byte | 
| 25 | Check for manufacturing boot request | 
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| 30 | Test DMA transfers | 
| 34 | Protected mode Shutdown | 
| 35 | Test video card type error | 
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| 40 | Check for video feature ROM and video presence | 
| 41 | Reset parity and channel checks, load NMI vector with dummy interrupt handler, test timer,
 load NMI vector to POST NMI handler
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| 42 | Test interrupt mask register | 
| 43 | Test interrupt mask register with device interrupt | 
| 44 | Check hot interrupts | 
| 45 | Check hot interrupts without I/O-memory parity enabled | 
| 46 | Interrupt mask error | 
| 47 | Timer 2 read/write, verify Timer 0 bits | 
| 48 | Verify Timer 2 output | 
| 49 | Verify Timer 0 on off bits | 
| 4A | Verify Timer 2 output | 
| 4B | Verify Timer 0 interrupt | 
| 4C | Verify Timer 0 count/refresh | 
 
| 4D | Verify Timer 3 NMI | 
| 4E | Check keyboard controller for last command accepted | 
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| 5C | Set hardware interrupt vectors 0-7 | 
| 5D | Set hardware interrupt vectors 8-15 | 
| 5E | Set rest of interrupt vectors | 
| 5F | Test serial port | 
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| 62 | Turn on drive 0 motor Note 1) | 
| 64 | Test ASYNC registers, modem control lines, and data loop.
 If ASCII console selected - initialize
 ASCII console as system display device
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| 65 | Enable timer interrupts | 
| 66 | Check for manufacturing boot and unmask NMI interrupts Note 2) | 
| 6E | Check for system security or CE override conditions, run diskette testing and setup, go load first IML image
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| 80 | Start of IML process. SCSI POST | 
| 81 | Diskette IML. Load and verify IML boot record from diskette | 
| 82 | Disk IML. Load and verify IML boot record from disk | 
| 83 | Diskette IML. Diskette recovery from SCSI IML failure. Load in and verify IML boot record from diskette
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| 90 - B6 | Protected mode exception | 
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| BE | Build descriptor tables for protected mode Note 3) | 
| BF | Completion of descriptor tables for protected mode | 
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| C0 | Base memory addressing test, extended memory enable, base memory initialization
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| CA | Cache testing (tag RAM, linefill, DMA snooping) | 
| CB | Second Group Cache Testing - L1 DMA snoop | 
| CC | Second Group Cache Testing - L1 linefill | 
| CD | Second Group Cache Testing - non cacheable range boundary | 
| CE | Second Group Cache Testing - L2 DMA snoop | 
| CF | Second Group Cache Testing - L2 linefill | 
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| EB | Dual Bus Interface Controller internal register error | 
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| F0 | Protected mode initialization | 
| F1 | Test interrupts in protected mode | 
| F2 | Test exception interrupt in protected mode | 
| F3 | Verify 286 descriptor instructions in protected mode | 
| F4 | Verify 286 BOUND instruction in protected mode | 
| F5 | Verify PUSHALL/POPALL instructions in protected mode | 
| F6 | Verify ACCESSRIGHTS function in protected mode | 
| F7 | Verify ADJUSTRPL fields in protected mode | 
| F8 | Verify LOAD instructions in protected mode | 
| F9 | Verify LOAD instructions in protected mode (continued) | 
 
| FA | Test low meg chip select in protected mode |