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    From google@google@wostmann.de (Sascha Wostmann) to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 06:42:33
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    Hello,

    I need your help.

    I have a G3 Desktop at work with OS 8.5 (german version). There seems
    to be some weird keystroke combination that opens some kind of a
    command line window, a rectangular field with a ">" at the upper left
    corner where I can enter text into. No other objects are available
    when this window pops up.

    What is this window good for, and more urgently, how do I close it so
    I can continue my work?

    Thank you in advance,
    Sascha
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  • From David Opstad@opstad@batnet.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 07:46:49
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <5647a17b.0307030542.3fb468d2@posting.google.com>,
    google@wostmann.de (Sascha Wostmann) wrote:

    I have a G3 Desktop at work with OS 8.5 (german version). There seems
    to be some weird keystroke combination that opens some kind of a
    command line window, a rectangular field with a ">" at the upper left
    corner where I can enter text into. No other objects are available
    when this window pops up.

    What is this window good for, and more urgently, how do I close it so
    I can continue my work?

    That's the mini-debugger. You should be able to type G and press return
    to resume.

    Dave
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  • From Frederick Cheung@fglc2@srcf.DUH.ucam.org to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 03, 2003 15:50:13
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 3 Jul 2003, Sascha Wostmann wrote:

    Hello,

    I need your help.

    I have a G3 Desktop at work with OS 8.5 (german version). There seems
    to be some weird keystroke combination that opens some kind of a
    command line window, a rectangular field with a ">" at the upper left
    corner where I can enter text into. No other objects are available
    when this window pops up.

    What is this window good for, and more urgently, how do I close it so
    I can continue my work?
    it's a low level debugger.
    type G [enter] to leave it
    The key combination is [command]-power key on suitiably equipped machines,
    some machines also have a button somewhere on the casing ( i recall that
    on some machines it was at the front of the casing so the keyboard could
    bang against it if you were unlucky.)

    Fred

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