to answer your question......back years ago, computers were big, noisy and bulky, so they were often hidden away in another room, so the simple way to start them up was a power button on the keyboard. Nowadays its used for 'sleep' and hibernation shutdowns
or to annoy hamfisted typists who hit them by mistake :-)
(or to annoy hamfisted typists who hit them by mistake :-)
TBL I posted this on,
Sat 7 Jan 2006, 17:12,
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