Why blinkenlights ?

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Julian Wolfe wrote:
> IMO, lights=good, switches=bad (especially when they break on old equipment
> and you have to find replacements, which is a major undertaking depending on
> the machine)

Switches can be extremely handy if you need to write a bootloader to 
boot from a tape on which the bootblocks have gotten messed up.  There 
are other situations, of course, but that's the only one I've ever had 
to deal with in an emergency.

Peace...  Sridhar