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- From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
- Subject: Re: Software to shut down and startup a mac automatically
- Message-ID: <1993Jan01.213911.1613@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 93 21:39:11 GMT
- Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <1993Jan1.003342.19914@news.nd.edu> <rtmd30-010193000610@220.1.50.175>
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- In article <rtmd30-010193000610@220.1.50.175> rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com (Greg Ferguson) writes:
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- >to run to turn it on? It would be *very* dangerous software with much juju
- >which could startup a Mac which is off. I would be inclined to inspect my
- >CPU with an axe if I saw my machine turn itself on.
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- Perhaps THIS explains the demise of the Lisa and the Mac Portable...
- (both had this capability-- the Lisa could turn back on after a
- certain period of time, and the the Portable could wake up after a
- certain period of time)
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