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From: ephraim@wang.UUCP (pri=8 Ephraim Vishniac x76659 ms1459)
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Subject: Re: Re: Mac+ Interrupt Switch
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Date: Wed, 21-May-86 08:25:55 EDT
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> > When I push the Interrupt switch the machine just freezes, 
> > and the mini debugger window is not displayed.
> 
> last night--I nearly had a heart attach!!  Fortunately, I checked the
> interrupt switch which was stuck in its depressed position.  Evidently,
> the "programmer's switch" does not fit the new case properly and sticks.
> One would think that if Apple had not redesigned this feature, they at least
> would have made their existing implementation usable.

When my interrupt switch started sticking, I sought and found an excellent
alternative: a toothpick, and a scribed line on the Mac's case to mark the
boundary between "interrupt" and "reset".  It's cheap, it's reliable, and
you can chew on it when things are going wrong...