In response to Bruce Rehm's message  on Mar/09/2000 11:44:

 >Greetings,
 >
 >I've been fiddling about with my Duo 280 and Dock, getting things dialed 
 >in, as I just got a new job which will take me out of town during the 
 >week. I really have not used the Dock much until now, and found something 
 >that seemed strange yesterday. While trying some new software I had a 
 >system freeze and attempted to force restart - but the machine ignored 
 >the command. No amount of hitting the Control/Command/Power combo would 
 >restart. However, the three-fingered-salute will force a restart if it's 
 >NOT frozen.
 >
 >Oddly, the Option/Command/Escape combo does what it should under these 
 >circumstances, and I haven't found any other keys that misbehave. Even 
 >tried another keyboard, with the same result.
 >
 >Ideas? Or is this normal behavior for a Dock'ed Duo?
 >
 >Thanks,
 >
 >Bruce
 
Mine does it too. I was going to ask the list about this. The only way I can shut down 
the dock in a freeze is to hit the power button on the back, which the computer seems 
to hate because it spends ten seconds flashing me the "Can't find the docked Duo" icon 
when I start up again.

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