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Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!lsuc!jimomura
From: jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura)
Subject: Re: : -)   (was: Re: Mega STe Question (or Problems))
Organization: Consultant, Toronto
Date: Wed, 29 May 1991 17:47:00 GMT
Message-ID: <1991May29.174700.17388@lsuc.on.ca>
References: <2820@prles2.prl.philips.nl> <1991May28.033810.19080@ecst.csuchico.edu> <1991May28.114007.22430@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <1991May29.110338.1580@urz.unibas.ch>

In article <1991May29.110338.1580@urz.unibas.ch> hofer@urz.unibas.ch (Remo Hofer) writes:
>In article <1991May28.114007.22430@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>, 
>csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod) writes:
>>
>> ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes:
>>>Jerry Pournelle in his 'review' in Byte also commented on this delay.  He
>>>made it seem like his TT waited for several minutes however.
>>
>> Which sheds some light on the way he likes to test gadgets. He would only
>> have to press any key...
>

     Actually, I would have done exactly the same thing he did.
On any complex system you never know if it's fully debugged.  If
you hit a key during boot, and there's a bug, you might just cause
a crash.  There's no way to know.  Unless told otherwise, the safest
thing to do while a system is trying to boot and just sit there
and stare at the screen.

>But where is any key located on your keyboard? I couldn't find it on mine. :-)

     Well it's only on the North American versions. ;-)



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