From: tlake@twcny.rr.com   
      
   "You Know Where To Find Me"  wrote in message   
   news:WJadnW2g-4QwffTWnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > I recently uncovered an old notepad I had from yesteryear with all of the   
   > tricks and oddities I had collected back in the day.  One of those was   
   > that if you type:   
   >   
   > '   
   > '   
   >   
   > (that's 3 spaces and an apostrophe, and then 4 spaces and an apostrophe)   
   >   
   > from BASIC, the computer will reboot.   
   >   
   > Anyone know WHY it did that?   
   >   
   > - Ira   
      
   What version of BASIC was that?  IBM's BASICA didn't do that but   
   some versions of GW-BASIC may have.   
      
   Tom Lake   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)