10-19-14 05:09 Roger Nelson wrote to Ed Vance about Windows shutdown   
      
    RN> @MSGID: <544436B9.13518.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    RN> On Sat Oct-18-2014 00:26, Ed Vance (1:2320/105.1) wrote to   
    RN> Roger Nelson:   
   Howdy! Roger,   
      
    RN> I bet that cost a lot back then.   
      
    EV> The United States Government bought the thing, not me.   
      
    RN> IOW, the taxpayer,   
      
   Yep!   
   -snip-   
    EV> The instructions we were given was to press the CTRL and G keys at   
    EV> the same time to Log On.   
      
    EV> One of the shift leaders I worked with was cussing up a storm   
    EV> because when He tried pressing BOTH Keys at the same time He   
    EV> wouldn't get connected.   
      
    EV> He would POUND those keys something furious and not get any   
    EV> results.   
   -snip-   
   Re: CTRL G   
    RN> I remember on some computers you had to press Ctrl-S to enter   
    RN> the BIOS, but didn't know of that one.   
      
   Pressing CTRL G on a Dial Up connection Rings the Bell to wake up the   
   Server so someone can Log On to it and Read or Write DATA on it.   
      
   ... Budget: A method for going broke in an organized way   
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