Sounds like the Big Red self-destruct button. Every thriller needs one.

Davros had one on his chair.

Usually there is a countdown associated with this and the hero escapes just
in time :)

Years ago I asked an operator what the Emergency Stop button on our 370
was. His reply:

"It shuts down the whole show and you get your cards if you press it."

Seemed like a useless feature at the time.


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:46 AM, Skip Robinson <[email protected]>wrote:

> I hate to post 'I don't know', but I recently encountered the same option
> as we were planning to replace a CEC. Our CE had never noticed it. He had
> to do some research within IBM to learn that it is indeed an appropriate
> action for decommissioning a box. I guess it's fairly new. If you plan to
> enjoy your CEC for some time to come, this icon is best avoided.
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> From:   "R.S." <[email protected]>
> To:     [email protected],
> Date:   02/25/2014 07:43 AM
> Subject:        Prepare System for Discontinuance
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> An icon on Support Element 2.12, named Prepare System for Discontinuance.
> No help for the task.
> Anyone knows what is it for?
> Where is it documented?
> Any clue?
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