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From: jfreem@uncecs.edu (Joe Freeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Power Up, Preferences and 2.1
Summary: NSCs can and NS can't
Message-ID: <1991Apr21.131511.28471@uncecs.edu>
Date: 21 Apr 91 13:15:11 GMT
References: <91109.090635JKIGHT@auvm.auvm.edu>
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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In article <91109.090635JKIGHT@auvm.auvm.edu> JKIGHT@auvm.auvm.edu (Jeff Kight) writes:
>still has problems when I send NeXTmail)
>
>Anyhow...my Color NeXTstation arrives (@ 2 weeks after ordering !Thanx NeXT!)
>and while demo-ing the Preferences, I notice that there is a pop-up menu
>under the boot choices that allow you to have the Color-station to turn
>itself back on after power-off/down/failure or on a specific date/time.
>
>GREAT!! That was always one of my biggest problems!! So I check out my other
>030 cubes...no popup menu...
>
>I go home and check out my NeXTstation...and Preferences won't open up...
>(temporarily running off of the 105 dist since my ext is being fixed)
>

The NeXTStation Color machines have a new alarm clock chip.  It allows 
you to set the wake up time of a machine.  030 machines and Next stations
do not have this part on board.  I don't know if and when that part will
be added to NeXT stations (mono).



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