4 Feb
1999
4 Feb
'99
10:23 p.m.
Don't forget that the Apple Lisa had software poweroff as well.
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George L. Rachor Jr. george(a)racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon http://racsys.rt.rain.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
-tony
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Jim Strickland wrote:
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...
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.