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!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!tektronix!uw-beaver!info-mac From: info-mac@uw-beaver Newsgroups: fa.info-mac Subject: Programmer's switch Message-ID: <132@uw-beaver> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 20:21:27 EST Article-I.D.: uw-beave.132 Posted: Fri Dec 7 20:21:27 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 02:36:24 EST Sender: daemon@uw-beaver Organization: U of Washington Computer Science Lines: 14 From: JohnIs it better to hit the programmer's switch to reboot the system, or should one turn the machine off and back on? Some local dealer suggested that using the programmer's switch could damage the machine, ie., repeated use would 'fry the electronics' and all sorts of bad things. They said that this switch should only be used to recover from a application that had hung, etc. Does anybody know which is safer as far as the hardware is concerned? John. -------