Re: #2988 hanging

In article <8ee8e81155.George@tiscali..co.uk>, george greenfield
<george.greenfield@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <ae92dd1155.gavin@wra1th.plus.com> Gavin Wraith
> <gavin@wra1th.plus.com> wrote:

> > In message <35E4E54C747.00000D53dave@davehigton.me.uk> Dave Higton
> > <dave@davehigton.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>There's another point worth making here. If you think NS has
> >>crashed, use Alt-Break. Note: NEVER use Ctrl-Break, various RISC OS
> >>luminaries class it as Evil and say it Breaks Discs.
> >
> > Thanks very much for this. -- Gavin Wraith (gavin@wra1th.plus.com)
> > Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/
> >
> I must confess to having used Ctrl-Break from time to time, when faced
> with a frozen desktop, without evident ill-effects. Is it considered
> worse than powering-off at the switch, which is the only other option
> AFAIK?

This is from my obey file Boot:choices.boot.tasks.Tim's

| next line disables ctrl/break; use reset. see message
| <bea5bc2b4d.jms@sandford.ntlworld.com>
Fx 247 169 0

Good luck finding that message. Sometimes the internet is less than
useless.

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Tim Hill
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