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From: dwal@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Walton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: System 7 installer killed my Mac right off
Message-ID: <1991May22.011449.11059@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 01:14:49 GMT
References: <1991May21.231346.25487@am.dsir.govt.nz>
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In article <1991May21.231346.25487@am.dsir.govt.nz> sramtrc@albert.dsir.govt.nz writes:
>I ran the system 7 installer without installing anything and quitted from it.
>Now, but never before, when I eject a floppy disk my Mac switches off. This
>seems to be a hardware problem so I posted more details to
>comp.sys.mac.hardware. But it seems to have been initiated by a piece of
>software. Coincidence? I dunno. Is there anything in the installer that
>messes with the system? (Obviously yes, but I mean if I hit Quit).

The Installer sends a quit AppleEvent to the Finder (and I assume all
other open applications), so when the installer quits, it effectively
reboots the machine.  Sounds like that's what you're seeing.

>Tony Cooper




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