Related, I remembered IBM but turns out it was actually Compaq that had to explain in their FAQ what key the “Any” key was: http://web.archive.org/web/200706270

Related, I remembered IBM but turns out it was actually Compaq that had to explain in their FAQ what key the “Any” key was: http://web.archive.org/web/20070627063024/http://www29.compaq.com/falco/detail.asp?FAQnum=FAQ2859 http://web.archive.org/web/20070627063024/http://www29.compa... and apparently at some point they changed the text to say “Press RETURN to continue”.