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From: nelsons@psu-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: What the world needs now
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Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 17:48:51 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun  4 17:48:51 1987
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Summary: Reset buttons are useful...

In article <557@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> kathy@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (Kathryn Smith) writes:
>	                      [ ... ]                                      The
>AT&T 3B series of Unix machines have NO power switch.  The shutdown mechanisms
>are all software-controlled.  There is a "on/off" switch on the side of the 
>machine, but all it does is invoke the software.  The only way to force it down
>if the software hangs (and it does occasionally) is to go over to the wall
>outlet and pull the plug.   [ ... ]
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Kathryn L. Smith		UUCP: ...ll-xn!kathy
>MIT Lincoln Laboratories	ARPANET: kathy@XN.LL.MIT.EDU
>Lexington, MA			PHONE: (617) 863-5500 ext. 816-2211
>
>	      "I didn't do it, and I can justify it all anyway."
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Actually, it's probably better to use the little reset button on the upper
right hand corner of the back to get the machine's attention.  This will
work very nicely with the silly little 3b2's.  (It's no wonder that AT$T
*gave* so many away!)

Shannon



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