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> Press the power button - hopefully a chunky rocker switch - and the system is off (minus the RTC battery). My favorite part of this era were those under-moni
by wolrah 2y ago
> Press the power button - hopefully a chunky rocker switch - and the system is off (minus the RTC battery).
My favorite part of this era were those under-monitor power switch gadgets, so you could just leave the AT power switch on as well as the printer, monitor, modem, etc. and have one master power switch that turned everything on or off.
I still have an early '90s IBM PS/1 that was my family's first computer. The only accessories that survived from then are the CH Flightstick and Gravis Gamepad, the original keyboard, mouse, and monitor are long gone (I really regret not having the wonderful original clacky IBM keyboard), but it still works and still boots off its original 129MB hard drive.
If I find one of those power switch things at Goodwill or whatever I'll pick it up without a second thought.
- olyjohn 2y agoSeems like it was inevitable that the lights in each switch would end up flickering and driving me insane or completely burning out.
- wolrah 2y agoIn hindsight, that almost certainly answers something kid me always wondered about. My grandparents' computer desk had the ceiling-mounted track lights on their switch box's "Aux 2" switch with nothing on "Aux 1". If I recall correctly Aux 1 did in fact flicker, so that very likely is the reason the lights were on aux 2.