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a pin on the CPU sets the address register to a set address (000000 on most chips)

and sets the CPU to fetch its first command.

A ROM at that address contains a start-up program called the bootstrap.

that program switches to a second program which switches to a third, etc

each program gives the computer more capability.

When it can read a disk it does, reading in the operating system that you get with the computer.

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