On 14 April 2012 20:37, jdow <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Shudder. I remember those days too.
Of course, these days we thankfully have an excellent operating system available that lets us perform a clean shutdown from all but the most severe of lockups using a combination of "SysReq" and some other key. :)
-- I was about to comment a little more acerbicly that he's obviously a youngster.
Killing power used to be the only way to shut down a locked up computer with
ANY then available OS on it. I remember those bad old days too well.
{^_-}
Shudder. I remember those days too.
Of course, these days we thankfully have an excellent operating system available that lets us perform a clean shutdown from all but the most severe of lockups using a combination of "SysReq" and some other key. :)
Andy
The only person to have all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe
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