5 Feb
1999
5 Feb
'99
4:58 a.m.
> >like burning diesel fuel. I HATE ATX.
> Actually, I find it to be one of the most
hilarious pieces of poor
> engineering in modern computers. ATX machines can switch off without any
> good reason, refuse to turn on, refuse to boot, refuse to turn off, and
> other things. If M$ designed a PSU, this would be it.
Automatic power switches are nothing new. The
odd-numbered PERQs (1, 1a,
3a) all had software-controlled turn-off. So does the Whitechapel MG1 and
the Torch XXX.
It can make a lot of sense on a unix box to have a software-controlled
power-down _provided the OS is stable_. The user command to turn off can
then sync the filesystem and then power off the machine.
Of course with the typical reliability of PC hardware and certain PC
software, I am not sure ATX is a good thing...
Also the SIEMENS PC-D, a early '80s 80186 MS-DOS PC had some
hard/software controll over the PS - basicly the on/off switch
was in controll, but you where able to set (via a controll reg)
a 'power hold device' to override the users power of command,
until the Software ended operations. Nice features, and I used
it some times - also there has been a FEIN-N signal on the serial
ports for remote power on. Basicly the machine was a downgreded
UNIX work station ...
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK