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Re:The Strangest Computer Manual Ever Written by adrianmonk on Monday January 02, 2023 @07:35PM (#34225886)
On the Apple III (the failed successor of the II), they really went all out.

Check out the pictures here: https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=17354

The RESET key is so well-hidden it's not even visible in the first picture. In the second picture, you can see the notch along the back of the keyboard near the numeric keypad. In the third picture, with the cover removed, you can how the key extends backward at a perpendicular angle.

You're never going to hit that thing by mistake. You might not even realize it exists until someone points it out to you.

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Re:The Strangest Computer Manual Ever Written by Someone on Monday January 02, 2023 @08:10PM (#34226199)
On the first Mac, you had to attach the hardware for the reset ‘key’ yourself, if you wanted one. See photo “3 of 3” on https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nma... for the part you had to insert. The two ‘prongs’ reached two switches for NMI and reset inside the Mac.
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