Powering on at a certain time with upgraded Cube?

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4 total messages Started by Gerben Wierda Wed, 22 Jul 1992 09:45

#311

Author: Gerben Wierda
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 09:45

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Dear everybody,

	I was wondering if I will be able to make an arrangement where I can
make my computer turn on/off at certain times. I was looking into:

	Timed power, power turns on at 18.00, machine boots
		Machine does things...
	halt performed at 20.00
	Power shutdown at 20:10

The weak point is of course that to boot the machine I have to press the
"Power" button on the keyboard. Is there a way I can make the machine forget
about the power button at power up time?

This is an upgraded NeXTcube running 2.1

Thanks,
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Re: Powering on at a certain time with upgraded Cube?

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Author: Eric A. Litman
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:30

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wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda) writes:
: Dear everybody,
: 
: 	I was wondering if I will be able to make an arrangement where I can
: make my computer turn on/off at certain times. I was looking into:
: 
: The weak point is of course that to boot the machine I have to press the
: "Power" button on the keyboard. Is there a way I can make the machine forget
: about the power button at power up time?

Not currently. Of course, it's quite easy to power down at a certain time,
but power-up is an entirely different matter. However, the functionality
is included in 3.0 to power-up at a specified time (as well as power-down).
In addition, the machine can restart after a power failure (it is cyclic in 
PR2).

-Eric Litman

Re: Powering on at a certain time with upgraded Cube?

#384

Author: David Lemson
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:17

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In article <1841@ltb.ltb.bso.nl> wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda)  
writes:
> Dear everybody,
> 
> 	I was wondering if I will be able to make an arrangement where I  
can
> make my computer turn on/off at certain times. I was looking into:

> This is an upgraded NeXTcube running 2.1
All of the upgraded NeXTCubes that I have seen did not have the clock  
chips that all NeXTStation Colors and most NeXTStation monos have. (all  
Turbos have it, as well).    Someone posted from NeXT a while ago saying  
that they didn't think that any 040 boards for cubes had the clock chip,  
either.
I assume that the Turbo cubes have the proper chips so that they can do  
this (since I have heard it is almost the same board as the turbo  
stations).
--
David Lemson                                           (312) 732-4741
FNBC Sys Admin (Summer) UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant(rest of the time)
E-mail to: lemson@fnbc.com                          NeXTMail accepted

Re: Powering on at a certain time with upgraded Cube?

#378

Author: Dan Brown
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:10

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In article <1992Jul23.133012.21215@wam.umd.edu> elitman@rac2.wam.umd.edu (Eric A. Litman) writes:
>wierda@ltb.ltb.bso.nl (Gerben Wierda) writes:
>: 
>: The weak point is of course that to boot the machine I have to press the
>: "Power" button on the keyboard. Is there a way I can make the machine forget
>: about the power button at power up time?
>
  I just asked my instructor at Dev Camp the same question. He said that
only boards made from the Color Station on contain the chip to allow it to 
power on. (Can be set in preferences). I upgraded my cube to a 25 MHZ 040
and it does not qualify. I presume the Turbo boards/machines and the NeXT
Station Color will allow this.

                    Dan

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