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From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIgs Software Reboot
Message-ID: <37283@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 15 Dec 89 02:55:04 GMT
References: <1957208@mtsg.ubc.ca>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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You folks really give me a rash sometimes.

EVERYONE:  PLEASE CONSULT THE TECHNICAL NOTES WHENEVER YOU HAVE A PROGRAMMING
QUESTION.  FAILURE TO DO SO IS PUNISHABLE BY FORCIBLE LISTENING TO DAVE LYONS
INTERPRET EVERY WORD YOU'VE EVER SAID IN THE INCORRECT, LITERAL WAY.

I mean this.

There are some cute methods in this thread, but *NONE* of them are supported
or even have much chance of reliably working on all machines except the one
in the Technical Note (IIgs TN #49, "Rebooting (Really!)".  No one really
knew how to do it, and that's why we wrote the note.

Scott is excused for having written the "post-the-ADB-code" routine before
the TN was written, but isn't excused for recommending it a year after the
Note was released.

Also please remember that rebooting is a last resort, to be taken only at
moments of extreme difficulty.  Rebooting is *NOT* the way to break as many
rules as you want and not have to worry about it.

The world does not need any more Apple II applications that require you to
reboot when you're done using them.  Those compatibility guidelines aren't
there just to annoy developers.

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