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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Remote-power-up query
Keywords: Farallon, PowerKey, Mac SE, modem, remote, bop bop a lu bop a lop bam boom
Message-ID: <2597@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 30 Oct 90 17:08:04 GMT
Reply-To: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Organization: Iron City, USA
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I'll be calling Farallon and Sophisticated Circuits today with this same 
question, but I have my doubts as to whether they'll know the answer, so...

A client manages a national chain of restaurants.  Each location has a Mac SE
running custom SmartCom and Excel stuff to make up daily reports and the like.

Every machine across the country is equipped with a modem and Timbuktu Remote.

The national guy wants constant access via Timbuktu to these machines;
he wants to be able to call at any time of the day or night and log in.

Presently, their solution is to leave all the machine on all the time.  This
has been of mixed success; sometimes the managers forget and turn the machines
off, etc.  Also, noone is too thrilled about leaving these hard drives
whirring constantly.

Now, after that, my actual question.

Farallon markets a cable which will power a Mac II up when it's modem picks up
the phone.

Could I use Sophisticated Circuits' PowerKey in conjunction with this cable in
order to do the same thing for these SEs?

please e-mail.  Thanks!

chaz.


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clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu                                       AOL:Crowbone