Date   : Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:06:24 +0000
From   : thfckish@... (THFCKish)
Subject: Byte back

The hidden button underneath is a reset button to reset the computer  
but keep the data intact.

Sent from my iPhone

On 11 Mar 2009,@15:32, Alex Taylor <zeem.uk@...> wrote:

> 2009/3/10 Steve O'Leary <navalenigma@...>:
>>> I noticed that the oric-1 has been modified with a led light and  
>>> from
>>> what I can see on the image a on/off switch or even possibly a reset
>>> switch.
>>
>> I spoke to the owner of this Oric. Back when he was a kid this Oric  
>> was
>> built into some ort of furniture which made it just about  
>> impossible to
>> remove the power connector or switch it off at the plug as the  
>> wires went
>> out the behind this furniture to a inaccessible socket. So his dad  
>> fitted an
>> off switch with a power light.
>
> There was a momentary push-button hidden at the rear of the left-hand
> side too. I couldn't quite work out what it was meant to do though, I
> pressed it once and can only remember the machine crashing at some
> point.
>
> Oddly enough, I've got an Electron with the normal power socket
> removed and replaced with one fitted into a hole that faces upwards
> out of the case. Similarly, the previous owner had it fitted into a
> piece of furniture that made it impossible to plug in the power cable
> normally. The owner was from Chesterfield and I seem to remember him
> having something to do with the Electron User Group, although
> annoyingly I can't remember what.
>
> -- 
> Alex Taylor
>
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