jwg1@gte.com (James W. Gish) (09/07/90)
Just a minor annoyance with the design of the IIci I want to get off my chest: Apple, pray tell, why did you choose to place the programmer's switch such that if the machine is placed on end as recommended, it is easy to inadvertently reboot the machine by sliding a book across the desk/surface the machine is resting on? And if you had to put it where you did, couldn't you provide some kind of guard to help prevent accidental reboots? Wheww....that feels better :-) -- Jim Gish (jgish@gte.com) Principal Investigator Software Reusability Project GTE Laboratories Inc.
brindle (Jack Brindle) (09/07/90)
In article <JWG1.90Sep6174301@bunny.gte.com> jwg1@gte.com (James W. Gish) writes: >Just a minor annoyance with the design of the IIci I want to get off my chest: > >Apple, pray tell, why did you choose to place the programmer's switch >such that if the machine is placed on end as recommended, it is easy >to inadvertently reboot the machine by sliding a book across the >desk/surface the machine is resting on? And if you had to put it >where you did, couldn't you provide some kind of guard to help prevent >accidental reboots? > >Wheww....that feels better :-) >-- >Jim Gish (jgish@gte.com) >Principal Investigator >Software Reusability Project >GTE Laboratories Inc. I tend to agree. But, I solved the problem quite easily. My mouse pad now sits right in front of the cpu, and that is where the mouse resides. Since I don't place books on the mouse, I no longer have the reset problem. Well... Except when my 16 month old son comes in to play. He crawls up in my lap, and somehow the reset and interrupt buttons seems to scream out "push me". He usually does :-}. By the way, my wife's Plus has the same baby problems with the buttons on the side. The Mac sits on the corner of the desk so that the buttons are at the perfect level desk for little Brian to play with. I don't think Apple could have won this one :-). Think I'll keep both my son AND the Macs around, though. They are both enjoyable to play and work with! JackB.
kam@dlogics.COM (Kevin Mitchell) (09/08/90)
In article <JWG1.90Sep6174301@bunny.gte.com>, jwg1@gte.com (James W. Gish) writes: > > Apple, pray tell, why did you choose to place the programmer's switch > such that if the machine is placed on end as recommended, it is easy > to inadvertently reboot the machine by sliding a book across the > desk/surface the machine is resting on? Isn't it removeable? When I first got my Mac 128, I stuck the programmer switch in the left side, and one day, while tinkering with MacPaint with my left leg up on the desk, I moved my foot and <beep> all my work was gone. Just gotta stay away from it. Why not build a small cover to put over it. Take a small box, cut one end off and tape it to the cabinet. When you want to reset, you poke your finger into the box to reach the switch. -- Kevin A. Mitchell (312) 266-4485 Datalogics, Inc Internet: kam@dlogics.UUCP 441 W. Huron UUCP: ..!uunet!dlogics!kam Chicago, IL 60610 FAX: (312) 266-4473
derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (09/11/90)
Well I had the same complaint about the Plus reset button. I had a series of resets that I swore were the fault of the hardware. What is turned out to be was my Radius FPD bumping the reset button.