What did the SysRq button do?

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 26 May 2009, 12:27, archived)

this
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_request
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Tue 26 May 2009, 12:29, archived)

Thank you.

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 26 May 2009, 12:36, archived)

it could have
been worse

i don't believe lisp programmers would know user-friendliness if it cons'd them on the head
( spacefish bong!, Tue 26 May 2009, 12:41, archived)

I quite like the idea of having a 'Hyper' button!
That layout is awful though!
( Anthropos Was making beer on, Tue 26 May 2009, 12:43, archived)