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From: CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET (Christopher Tate)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Powering up/down a Mac II (was Re: question about protection)
Message-ID: <70176CXT105@PSUVM>
Date: 5 Feb 89 23:44:54 GMT
References: <172@xenon.UUCP>
Organization: The Pennsylvania State University Center for Academic Computing
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In article <172@xenon.UUCP>, simpson@xenon.UUCP (Charles Simpson) says:

>Secondly, has anyone experienced the problem of the "power up" button on
>the MacII keyboard, not working?  For some strange reason, last night, I pushed
>the power up button several times, but nothing happened.  I disconnected the
>keyboard, reconnected it and everything seems to be fine.  Although, I lost
>the configuration of the control panel setup.

>charles simpson
>email:  uunet!ingr!b11!xenon!simpson


I personally have not had this problem, but I do have a (problem, gripe) that
I'd like to air, since the people at Apple read this....

It would be REALLY NICE to have a hard power button on the Mac II.  I have
occasionally crashed the Mac II I work on so hard it had to be _unplugged_;
the power switch simply didn't register.  I can understand that the machine
shouldn't be powered down suddenly, due to hard disk problems etc., but having
to go to the wall and pull a (possibly live) plug just to reset the machine
seems a bit drastic.

Anybody at Apple know of any plans to remodel the Mac II?  I must admit I don't
know how the IIx's are hooked up....

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