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- From: kkalan@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Kenneth Kalan)
- Subject: Re: Software to shut down and startup a mac automatically
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.145828.26923@news.acns.nwu.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan01.140928.2808742163@ultramac.uucp> <1993Jan4.201630.21330@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 14:58:28 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan4.201630.21330@newsgate.sps.mot.com> Greg Ferguson <rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com> writes:
- >In article <1993Jan01.140928.2808742163@ultramac.uucp> Dale Parkyn,
- >parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca writes:
- >> >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.
- >>
- >> Do take the time to investigate...
- >
- >A bit patronizing?
- >
- >> There have been reports of ill fit of components that, given conditions,
- >> shorted
- >> or pressed the mechanism causing start up. Much to the consternation of
- >the
- >> owner.
- >>
- >
- > Reread the entire original article. It says, "software", I responded that
- >software can *not* do it and that hardware is the only means.
- >
- >And the same conditions you mention also cause shutdown and reboot. We've
- >seen
- >it many times. The original request was for a "safe" means of forcing
- >power-on
- >and shutdown.
- >
- >> Also, PowerBook coupled with appropriate modem can wake from sleep to
- >answer
- >> call...
- >
- >No mention of owning a PowerBook was made. Most users are *not* using
- >powerBooks, even though Apple shipped 400,000 units last year. However, I
- >mentioned modems being able to do that.
- >
- >Regards,
- >
- >Greg
- >
- >Greg Ferguson
- >Programmer/Engineer
- >Desktop Networking Systems
- >SPS, Motorola, Inc.
- >
- >rtmd30@email.sps.mot.com
- >gregf@shaman.sps.mot.com
-
- I missed the rest of the article, but I use PowerKey from Sophisticated
- Circuts to turn on and off a Mac SE at preset times. It is a combination
- hardware and Software device. You plug the Mac and up to 3 other devices
- into it, while the device plugs into the wall and also the ADB port on the Mac.
- It allows startup by pressing the power on key on the keyboard and also
- provides Voltage suppression on the power line to the items pluged into it.
-
- I've been using it for about 4 months now without any problems. It's used
- to turn on the mac for a severly disabled person, whom then uses voice
- control on the mac.
-
- Ken Kalan
- PP ASEL
- kgk@nwu.edu
-