Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uw-beaver Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: Re: Programmer's switch Message-ID: <138@uw-beaver> Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 21:51:39 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.138 Posted: Sun Dec 9 21:51:39 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Dec-84 03:24:36 EST Sender: daemon@uw-beaver Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 15 From: olson@harvard.ARPA (Eric Olson) Never listen to dealers. They know almost nothing except whether they have a certain product in stock. Of course it's safer to use the programmer's switch than to power-cycle the Mac. I've been using it for a year, and I have NEVER had a problem (not even with trashing disks due to indescretion). I sometimes use it to clear the desktop and change startup disks, since it is more thorough than launching a new finder. Anyone who says that something will "fry the electronics" doesn't have much knowledge to back up their remark. Consider it an old wives' tale. Eric.