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From: oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Remote Booting a SE..is it possible?
Message-ID: <19147@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 20 Jul 90 16:26:19 GMT
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Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Sure: turn the power switch on your SE on. Plug it into an X-10 socket
(available from Radio Shack for about $10.) Use the X-10's remote control
to turn the socket on. There you are. You can get X-10 remotes that use infrared
hand held controllers, or those that connect to your phone line and decode
touch tone pads.

If you want to disable remote power-off, you can spend more money, and get
an ADB power adapter (so you can control the power to your SE from the 
"<|" button on your keyboard. Some firms make boxes, such as for telecomm
use, that will send out the appropriate ADB signals, if, say, a phone rings.

For network booting, I use an RS232 -> X-10 intreface box (available at
Fry's electronics or from Heathkit for about $40.00) A wrote an Appletalk
X-10 Gateway server, and an X-10 desk accessory. The desk accessory shows
a map of my home, with the X-10 equipped devices represented by icons. Click
on some, and press the "ON" button, and the D. A. sends an ATP packet to
the X-10 Gateway server, which sends it out that Mac's serial port to the
RS232 -> X-10 interface box.

Finally: :-)
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