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From: jellinghaus-robert@CS.YALE.EDU (Rob Jellinghaus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Powering up/down a Mac II (was Re: question about protection)
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Date: 6 Feb 89 20:29:41 GMT
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In article <70176CXT105@PSUVM> CXT105@PSUVM.BITNET (Christopher Tate) writes:
>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.

And completely unnecessary.  This is what the reset switch is for!  You got
one with the II, and it's easy to install (goes near the back end of the
right side of the computer; fits into the ventilation slots; just look 
closely, you'll see how it fits).  Hit that baby, and it'll definitely
reboot; no muss, no fuss...

>Christopher Tate                   | (i do not know what is it about you
>cxt105@psuvm.psu.edu               | that closes and opens; only something

Rob Jellinghaus                | "Next time you see a lie being spread or a
jellinghaus-robert@CS.Yale.EDU |  bad decision being made out of sheer ignor-
ROBERTJ@{yalecs,yalevm}.BITNET |  ance, pause, and think of hypertext."
{everyone}!decvax!yale!robertj |     -- K. Eric Drexler, _Engines of Creation_