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From: bbownes@eagle_snax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: What the world needs now
Message-ID: <106@eagle_snax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Jun-87 17:37:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: eagle_sn.106
Posted: Thu Jun  4 17:37:59 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 09:52:11 EDT
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Keywords: Paranoid computers
Summary: Mac II does this too!!!

> 
> 	We have nearly succeeded in reaching this level of functionality.  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.  Granted, the idea of using one of these to control
> anything real is pretty silly, but if you apply this approach to larger 
> machines, then make the power connection impossible to get at, voila: instant
> movie scenario!
        Lots deleted

        The new Mac II does this as well. I was replacing the ROMs for
a feind of mine and the new ones didn't work. The was no way to shut the
thang off other than pulling the plug. Truely silly apple......

        Bob Bownes      Sun Microsystems East Coast Division
        sun!suneast!beowulf!bbownes

This is my opinion and mine only. It is not shared by my current or
any former employers. It may however, be shared by my TR-6 or my houseplants.