Nice little summary article. From that: "Aquarius Mattel When Mattel demonstrated this computer at a trade show >in 1983, employees had to conceal one of the keys with >masking tape. For some bizarre reason known only to >Matte l engineers, the Aquarius had a convenient key >that instantly rebooted the computer and wiped out all >your data." It was called the RESET key and I hated it. They at >least designed a little ridge around it so it was harder >to accidentally press. However, I remember you could do >a CTRL-C or some other control key sequence and "undo" >the RESET (basially it would cancel the reset and put >you back where you just were). When you first turned the Aquarius on, you had a little >intro screen that said whatever, something like "Mattel >Aquarius" ... "Press any key to continue". When you >pressed a key it initialized BASIC and plopped you into a prompt. Pressing the RESET key apparently didn't erase the >memory but just took you to the initial startup screen, >so it was made possible to back out of a RESET using the >control key sequence. Sellam International Man >of Intrigue and Danger --------------------------------------------------------->---------------------- Looking for a six in a pile of nines... Coming soon: VCF 4.0! VCF East: Planning in Progress See http://www.vintage.org for >details!