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From: wolfson@amtfocus.UUCP (Steve Wolfson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Remote On/Off for Macs
Keywords: remote control
Message-ID: <676@amtfocus.UUCP>
Date: 26 Nov 90 17:20:36 GMT
References: <1990Nov22.161822.11353@athena.mit.edu>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Motorola General Systems Sector - Advanced Manufacturing Technology
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In <1990Nov22.161822.11353@athena.mit.edu> tenorsax@e40-008-8.MIT.EDU (Christian Kurz) writes:

>I have definite ideas of how to make a little box that will allow you to
>turn your beloved Mac (or any computer for that matter) on or off from over the
>phone. Wherever you are, you just call home, enter a code via the phone keypad
>and then a command (either on or off) and it will turn the power to the
>computer on or off. It will hook into the phone line (before your phone, modem,
>Does anybody know of the existence of such a thing (in which case I would not

Black Box has a tone activated power switch as well as numerous other
nifty little gadgets for doing all those wierd things that computer
manufacturer's don't seem to do.

Catalog Requests:
Black Box Inc.
P.O. Box 12800
Pittsburgh, PA. 15241-9980

Order # (412) 746-5530
Tech Support (412) 746-5565

	- Steve Wolfson 
	  Motorola Inc.
	  wolfson@mot.com