On 30 Jan 2009, at 08:03:37 PST, Cyrus wrote: > Hi everyone, I just have a question about something that's been > bothering me for a while: Some of the Macs made in the early 90's (I > have a IIsi that has it) have a power button that has a slot, and you > can turn it vertically so that it's always pressed. Is there any > specific reason for this? Sorry if it seems like a superfluous > question, but it really has been bugging me, and I am wondering if it > has some unique feature. I know some other early Macs had this too, > specifically the 7100. Thanks, > -------------------- If turned to the "always pressed" the computer will start up after a power outage. This option became a "Control Panel" setting in later "soft power" machines.
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