Re: Error in NeXTWORLD

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From: Christopher Lane
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 22:09

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NeXTWorld's Simson L. Garfinkel) writes:
> The users are then instructed to type "monitor" to get the NeXT into  
> ROM monitor.
> 
> This is wrong.  You should type "halt" to get the machine to do a clean  
> shut-down.  
> 
> We're sorry for the missprint.

No, printing 'missprint' is a misprint; printing "monitor" instead of "halt"
is an error (Webster: an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident
departs from or fails to achieve what should be done) as your subject suggests.

- Christopher

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