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From: freak@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: A Lethal Command
Message-ID: <4068@ihlpa.ATT.COM>
Date: Fri, 29-May-87 12:15:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihlpa.4068
Posted: Fri May 29 12:15:39 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 31-May-87 07:42:01 EDT
References: <3163@well.UUCP> <4040@amd.UUCP>
Reply-To: freak@ihlpa.UUCP (45261-Malloy,C.E.)
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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> 		echo >"="
> 
> Yes, that's all that it takes.  The system barely has time to echo back
> the new line sequence before everything is frozen.  One time, the system
> did manage to display "File creation error", but that was it.  This
> method is so effective that even CTRL-ALT-DEL is ignored.


	While this command does stop my AT&T PC6300, the CTRL-ALT-DEL
sequence will re-boot the system.  Does this make the AT&T PC6300 superior???

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