Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!convex!woods From: woods@convex.com (Darrin Woods) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Help: IIcx powers itself down Message-ID: <111548@convex.convex.com> Date: 17 Dec 90 01:39:06 GMT References: <1192@dg.dg.com> <1990Dec8.010224.14756@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <110870@convex.convex.com> Sender: news@convex.com Organization: Convex Computer Corporation; Richardson, TX Lines: 28 > BTW - for those of you who didn't catch it.. The socket on the back is > not a pass through - it draws its current from the mac itself just like > the hard drive and floppy and moboard > >Huh? Passing wall otlet power though the CX power supply. No way! There >might be a relay that the CX switches on when the machine is powered up >and so feeds power to the monitor, but that power surely don't pass trouhg >the CX power supply in any way. Check you facts. > > Tero Nieminen Tampere University of Technology (Opening Apple Technical Manuals - flipping pages) OK, I checked - unless one of my friends from Apple corporate would like to correct me, I state again. The power going out from the back of all Mac II's is directly controlled by the Power Supply - IT IS NOT A PASS THROUGH. The wattage that is stated on the back of the PS as being the max includes any power going out through the power connector to the monitor, HD or whatever. I guess you can always try it - Plug a hair dryer into the back of a cx and see what happens. Blacksheep Senior Systems Engineer -- Darrin R. Woods woods@convex.com This is a guest account. Convex knows nothing about what I'm saying, or even that I'm saying it.