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Richard Walwyn <arw@malcol.worcs.sch.uk> wrote:

> I use an old Mac IIx and a IIfx as routers. They are nice because they are
> cheap and take a lot of old NUBUS Ethernet cards, which is what I need. The
> only problem is that they will not restart after a power cut. From the IIcx
> onward the reset button had a setting which effectively kept it depressed
> all the time, and forced the machine to restart automatically. Does anyone
> know whether it is acceptable to wedge the reset button on IIx and IIfxs,
> or might this lead to electrical problems.
> 
> Also, I have one faulty mouse which appears to force a startup in this way
> (as if the power-on were pressed). Might it be possible to construct
> something simple to plug in to the ADB port to do what I want?

There may well be a rather better solution to what you want. Take a look
at Apple's energy saver software, there's a whole load of stuff, one of
which will automatically start up soft power machines. Take a look in
the InformINIT for details
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'ric