Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!ucsdhub!loral!jcb From: jcb@loral.UUCP (Jay Bowden) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Timed program execution on PC's? Message-ID: <2438@loral.UUCP> Date: 6 Feb 90 15:52:25 GMT References: <974@sl10c.concurrent.co.uk> Reply-To: jcb@loral.UUCP (Jay Bowden) Distribution: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: Loral Instrumentation, San Diego Lines: 22 In article <974@sl10c.concurrent.co.uk> tjr@concurrent.co.uk (Tim Rapley) writes: >Does anyone know ... > ...activate backup utilities etc in the middle of the night when >I'm not around. > >Tim Rapley : tjr@concurrent.co.uk Better yet: A programmable power switcher that lets you define any arbitrary power-on schedule (eg. at 3am MWF, turn on for 45 minutes). Detects the difference between auto power on (for backups, as you want) and user-at-the-console power-up's. Call Epoch Data at 619 275-2419 for info. $149.95. - Jay -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jay Bowden, EE/Consultant; see also Bowden Engineering Currently contracted at Loral Instrumentation, San Diego {ucbvax, ittvax!dcdwest, akgua, decvax, ihnp4}!ucsd!loral!jcb