Re: way to power off my PC.

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From: Ping Huang
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 19:40

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In article <1992Nov4.221748.29322@cdf.toronto.edu> a1001032@cdf.toronto.edu (Fiona Wong) writes:

 > A crazy question. Can I power off my PC automatically using C
 > or assembly programs? :-) Assume any hardware necessary is available..

While the standard PC architecture does not provide a way for it to
power itself off (unlike many Macintosh models, where choosing
"Shutdown" from the Finder will power the machine off), if customized
hardware is available, it should be easy to make this work. Basic TLL
logic should be able to detect when the data lines on the printer port
are raised, so you only need to write a program to output data to the
printer port and the customized hardware can kill the power.

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