Turning the machine back on automatically initiated a series of memory tests, which stole valuable time.
One of the programmers’ pet peeves was that whenever the computer encountered a coding glitch, they had to manually restart the entire system. Instead of the typical three- to five-year turnaround, Acorn had to be completed in a single year. Because Apple and RadioShack were already selling small stand-alone computers, the project (code name: Acorn) was a rush job. His task: to help build IBM’s new personal computer. In the spring of 1981, David Bradley was part of a select team working from a nondescript office building in Boca Raton, Fla. Here's the story of how the key combination became famous in the first place.
In 2013, Bill Gates admitted ctrl+alt+del was a mistake and blamed IBM.
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