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From: carlo@osprey.cvs.rochester.edu (Carlo Tiana)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: PowerKey
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Date: 9 Apr 91 21:32:29 GMT
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>There is only one thing that bothered me!  The PowerKey ad is misleading by
>saying you can powerup the Mac remotely using a modem.  It turns out, PowerKey
>by itself does not do this.  You will need to buy an optional cable, called
>PowerKey remote to be able to perform remote powerups.
>
>Overall, I like PowerKey alot, I just wish the remote cable came with it.
>
>--
>Saiid Paryavi                      			CIS Department
>Internet:  paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu			Nichols Hall, KSU
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I felt even more misled; the ads for the remote wakeup cable say something
to the effect that it allows a Mac equipped with PowerKey to be turned on
through a modem. Actually, you don't need the PowerKey at all for that
purpose. If all you need to do is turn on your mac using a modem (ie
calling it up on the phone) all you need is the wakeup cable (in fact all
you need seems to be to short the correct pins on the adb line, but that's
a whole different project - kids don't try this at home, of course).

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