Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 17:09

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In article <3up7gl$iqk@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> laureate@ix.netcom.com (Hungs) writes:

> I think it would be pretty neat if a computer could turn itself off. 
> Maybe just have a button that turns it off.  I don't know how you could
> do this though.

The HP9000's do exactly that. If you press the power button it first does a
shutdown of HP/UX, and then turns its own ower off.

Regards /

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