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From: smh@mit-eddie.UUCP (Steven M. Haflich)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: ^P on VAX console
Message-ID: <1856@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-May-84 07:36:41 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 16 07:36:41 1984
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puder%logic.DEC@decwrl.UUCP says:
	THE USEFUL TIDBIT:--------------------------------------------------
	The difference between ENABLE and DISABLE (== the meaning of SECURE) is
	that in DISABLE (SECURE) ^P is just another character. It does not
	switch to "console mode".

No less important is the fact that DISABLE also disables that tiny
reset pushbutton.  On a 750 this switch is right where it can very
easily be pushed by accident when one leans against the machine.

Why'd DEC have to make this machine look so much like a coffee table?
Mine always looks like my desk, covered with documentation, telephones,
and test equipment.

Steve Haflich, MIT