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echo: os2prog
to: Peter Fitzsimmons
from: James Mckenzie
date: 1995-10-29 16:17:46
subject: Re: CTL-ALT-DEL

-=> Quoting Peter Fitzsimmons to James Mckenzie <=-

 PF> Since OS/2 does not use the bios AT ALL for the keyb,  C-A-D is not a
 PF> magical key sequence;  any key sequence can be used for "kill app"
 PF> (I'd prefer ctrl-BREAK).

Great.  Why didn't I think of that?  But some DOS programs reserve the
Cntrl-Break combination, if I remember programming correctly.

 PF> I want to see CAD remain as softboot,  since this is the way the IBM
 PF> PC BIOS first implemented it.   I am not saying it should always be
 PF> this way,  clearly servers and kiosks might like CAD to be a NOP;  I
 PF> am saying I don't want this shoved down my throat like it is with NT.

True.  Maybe a software settable key combination?

Jim



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