NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #18/NN_1992_18.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/hardware/22358

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From: [e-mail] (George Rachor)
Subject: Re: Resetting a computer by phone
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Organization: Development Tools Operation, Intel Corp., Hillsboro  OR
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Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 14:11:47 GMT
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From article <[e-mail]>, by [e-mail] (Gary A. Gilbreath):
> Has anyone seen a product that will allow you to remotely reset a
> computer by using a phone?  I often use a program that allows me
> to remotely access my computer from home, but sometimes the computer
> hangs and I have no way of restarting it.
>
> I would prefer to only have to use one phone line.  However, if there
> is some very simple/cheap device that can do the job from a second line
> that might be OK (it would have to be pretty cheap or easy to build).
>

I used to have something like this a few years ago.  I had a xenix system
that needed to be rebooted occasionally.  I used an Apple ][ that monitored
whenever the phone would ring.  Certain ring patterns would convince the
apple that the xenix system needed rebooting.  The apple had a serial card
that was hooked up to the console port of the xenix system.  The apple
would then feed the information necessary to get the xenix system back up.
The last thing the apple would do is then return to the ring monitoring.

ugly but it worked.......

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George L. Rachor Jr.
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