Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]

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From: Novarese
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 06:50

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In article <3vsa3c$h4m@panix.com> bwu@panix.com (Bryan Wu) writes:
>In <ROOT.95Jul30180919@cepheus.omicron.se> root@cepheus.omicron.se (Superuser) writes:
>>In article <3up7gl$iqk@ixnews7.ix.netcom.com> laureate@ix.netcom.com (Hungs) writes:
>>> 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.
>>
>>The HP9000's do exactly that. If you press the power button it first does a
>>shutdown of HP/UX, and then turns its own ower off.
>
>Same thing witht he mac - the 'power' button on the keyboard is soft 
>power on and off.

You can also use the "Auto power on/off" controll panel to turn your mac off at a specified time, and even have it turn itself _on_ at scheduled times.

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From: pnovare1@ua1ix.ua.edu (Novarese)
Subject: Re: floppy eject buttons [was: What's a Real Computer?]
Message-ID: <1995Aug05.065034.102868@ua1ix.ua.edu>
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