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Article #13182Re: SparcStation-1 feature?
From: Jeremy Cook
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1989 08:52
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1989 08:52
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> The other day I decided to untangle SparcStation-1 keyboard cable from all > the others on my desk. The simplest way seemed to me was to first > disconnect it.... Guess what happened? Disconnecting the keyboard forced a > reboot of the system! Is this a SS-1 feature? Anybody has that problem > too? This is the same on Sun 3's as well. It's not actually a reboot, and it happens when you plug *in* the keyboard, not when you take it out - when you plug in the keyboard the machine thinks you might want to change where the keyboard is and so puts you into a dialogue with the prom. At the prompt Type b(boot), c (continue), or n (new command mode) > just type 'c'! -- Jeremy Cook
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rice!sun-spots-request From: jeremy@kheops.cmi.no (Jeremy Cook) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: SparcStation-1 feature? Keywords: Miscellaneous Message-ID: <3806@brazos.Rice.edu> Date: 2 Dec 89 08:52:55 GMT Sender: root@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 18 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Refs: Original: v8n205 X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 218, message 3 of 15