Path: utzoo!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!bmers58!mlord
From: mlord@bmers58.UUCP (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Turning on a computer
Message-ID: <188@bmers58.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 89 03:25:30 GMT
References: <cZ0tmny00Uh-00cEYD@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: mlord@bmers58.UUCP (Mark Lord)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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On all computers I've ever disassembled (4 PC/AT clones, 15 other types), 
the switch on the computer is used to connect/interrupt the connection from
the 120vac wall current to the internal power supply of the computer.
Thus, using an external "system switch" or power bar or whatever would be
the same as using the "internal" switch on the computer.

-Mark
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The power switch on