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[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos E. R. wrote:
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> The Tuesday 2008-02-12 at 10:42 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
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> > >  wants to power off orderly. Such a touch must not power off 
> > > instantly any
> > >  PC. To forcelly poweroff you have to press the button and keep it 
> > > pressed
> > >  for 4 seconds, or pull the cable.
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> > Oh, yeah, i see what you mean.\
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> > It's been so long since I've had or worked on any machine
> > which did NOT require long push down to turn off power that
> > I had completely forgot about the difference.
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> :-)
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> I've worked with some that required to press at least two buttons to 
> power of or reset, as a precaution.


Personally, I like flip-covers like you find on the arming switches
of some weapons and other equipment used by military organizations
(to prevent both accidental turn-ons and accidental turn-offs).


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