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From: bayes@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Any utilities for auto-running apps?
Message-ID: <11010027@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 88 16:21:18 GMT
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Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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>I don't see how it would be possible to turn ON a computer by running a program
>on that very computer!
>Once it's off, no CDEV in the world will turn it on again.

Sure it will. Just have it control an external device (battery powered,
stays tuned on at low power draw, using CMOS clock or something). The CDEV
loads a clock time or down count into the device, and tells it to turn
off power to the Mac. When the set time comes up (or downcount hits 0),
the device closes the relay that powers the Mac.

No biggy.

Scott Bayes