Three-finger salute

The three-finger salute (also known as the "Vulcan nerve pinch" or "Vulcan death grip" from the original "Star Trek" TV series) is the keyboard combination that forces a soft boot or jump to ROM monitor (on machines that support such a feature).

On an Amiga this is done with Ctrl + Right Amiga + Left Amiga; on IBM PCs and many microcomputers it is Ctrl + Alt + Del; on Suns, L1 + A; on some Macintoshes, it is Cmd + Power switch. [Silicon Graphics]? users are obviously the most dextrous however, as these machines use the five-finger combination: Left Shift + Left Ctrl + Left Alt + Keypad Divide + F12.

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