No, don't blame MicroSquidgy this time. Blame the 'Originator of the Personal Computer', IBM. The SysReq key does have a function for IBM. Anybody remember 3270? According to IBM, anybody in their right mind would need to connect their toy computer to a Real Computer to get Real Computing done. On a proper 3270 video terminal you have a SysReq key to break out of your app into the operating environment, so you'll need it on your PC when it's doing 3270 emulation.
We should badger MS to bring back the function of the Print Screen key. That's a bug that's been overlooked for too long.
Reliability? kill the chip fan on an Intel and see what happens. Now do the same on an AMD. Any difference? Hell, yes! The Intel shuts down and stops. The AMD fries. Fix for Intel = 1 new chip fan. Fix for AMD = 1 new chip fan + 1 new chip.
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No, don't blame MicroSquidgy this time. Blame the 'Originator of the Personal Computer', IBM. The SysReq key does have a function for IBM. Anybody remember 3270? According to IBM, anybody in their right mind would need to connect their toy computer to a Real Computer to get Real Computing done. On a proper 3270 video terminal you have a SysReq key to break out of your app into the operating environment, so you'll need it on your PC when it's doing 3270 emulation. We should badger MS to bring back the function of the Print Screen key. That's a bug that's been overlooked for too long.
Reliability? kill the chip fan on an Intel and see what happens. Now do the same on an AMD. Any difference? Hell, yes! The Intel shuts down and stops. The AMD fries. Fix for Intel = 1 new chip fan. Fix for AMD = 1 new chip fan + 1 new chip.