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From: perl@rdin.UUCP (Robert Perlberg)
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Subject: Re: 3b2's and elec. codes
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Date: Fri, 31-Oct-86 15:19:42 EST
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>The moral of the story is: software-controlled power disconnect is a code
>loser.  If you're designing a computer, and you're thinking about putting
>this feature in, DON'T!

That's a very narrow-minded statement.  There's no reason why you can't
equip a machine with a software-controlled disconnect AND two
code-conforming disconnects.  (Or 3, or 4, for that matter.) With the
number of super-jerko-dummy computer users in the world at an all-time
high and climbing, I cannot conscience doing away with something that
makes the world safer for all concerned.

Robert Perlberg
Resource Dynamics Inc.
New York
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