In article <[email protected]>, george greenfield
<[email protected]> wrote:
> In message <[email protected]> Gavin Wraith
>           <[email protected]> wrote:

> > In message <[email protected]> Dave Higton
> >           <[email protected]> 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 ([email protected])
> > 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
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