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From: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon Watte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: ADB and blown motherboards
Message-ID: <3054@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 2 Mar 90 13:07:25 GMT
References: <1494@key.COM>
Reply-To: d88-jwa@nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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In article <1494@key.COM> jbr@hongkong.key.COM (Jeff Rubin) writes:

>phrase it in terms of my Mac IIcx.  The keyboard (Apple extended)
>has a button with a triangle on it that I use to turn the power
>on.  Since the keyboard is an ADB device, does the power-on
>mechanism use the ADB?  If so, does this imply that ADB has power

The power-on mechanism is separate from the bus mechanism. There is
no key code for the pover-on key, the only thing it does is sinking
pin 2 on the bus (marked reserved or n/c) when pressed. Note: the
power to sense this comes from the battery, therefore it's no wise
idea to leave the key depressed for extended time.

h+
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