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Article #137Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]
From: John Chang
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 01:51
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 01:51
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Let's clear things up... >I think it would be pretty neat if a computer could turn itself off. >Maybe just have a button that turns it off. I don't know how you could >do this though. Sorry, did I miss something? Was that a joke? Most Macintoshes have soft power (except the old compact ones and a few cheaper desktop models), which means you turn them on by pressing a key on the keyboard, and you turn them off through software. >What would impress me would be computer that could turn itself on under >software control. :) >CPU Energy Saver, I believe, is really for powerbooks and puts the >computer to sleep - as opposed to turning it off. No, it's for desktops and enables the system to save power (by automatically turning off the monitor, etc.) This way the system conforms to the Energy Star guidelines. >Actually, the whole Mac II line (maybe not the IIsi; I can't remember if >it has soft power) Yes, the Macintosh IIsi has soft-power. >>What would impress me would be computer that could turn itself on under >>software control. >Mac PowerBooks can doit (At least some can) PowerBooks can wake themselves up from sleep. (Use the Automatic Wake-Up feature in the PowerBook Setup control panel.) John Chang Terre Haute, Indiana email: jrchang@eworld.com | 01jrchang@bsuvc.bsu.edu www: http://bsuvc.bsu.edu/~01jrchang/
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