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From: holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Shutting Down an SE using MacroMake
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Date: 3 Mar 89 19:08:14 GMT
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In article <76000364@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Where are the brilliant ADB hackers when you need them?
>
>It seems quite possible to make an SE behave like a Mac II, using an
>ADB device that controls a power relay, and senses the "on" button on
>the keyboard.  The SE's power cord would route into this device, which
>would draw power from the wall.  You could leave your Mac SE turned
>on all the time, with the real control coming from the adb device.

Would this also enable you to turn the power off via shutdown?

>Manufacturing cost should be about $20, so you know someone will sell
>it for $200 or more.

I'm dissappointed that after all this time, the new SE/30's still
don't have the "soft" power switch that the Mac II has.  Anyone know
why they made this decision?  I haven't received mine yet but, I sure
hope Paul Mercer's Programmer's Key still works.  Has anyone modified
their SE or SE/30 to add a soft power switch.  I'm brave to a point.
I swapped fans after instructions were posted, but, I'm not that adept
with electronics that I'll experiment with tapping relays into the ADB
port.

Fred Hollander
Computer Science Center
Texas Instruments, Inc.
hollander@ti.com

The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.