porter@motcid.UUCP (Richard Porter) (02/12/91)
The summary says most of it: Does Powerkey by Sophisticated Circuits work on an LC? ALso, does it really turn the power off when the "Shutdown" command is executed from the "Special" menu? Is so, how?
calvin@portia.stanford.edu (Peter Chang) (02/14/91)
In article <6474@navy3.UUCP> porter@motcid.UUCP (Richard Porter) writes: >The summary says most of it: Does Powerkey by Sophisticated Circuits >work on an LC? > >ALso, does it really turn the power off when the "Shutdown" command >is executed from the "Special" menu? Is so, how? > Yes, PowerKey does turn off your mac when you select the ShutDown item in the Special menu. I think that it does this by intercepting the shutdown command, by means of a cdev called PowerKey, and then it send a command to the actual PowerKey box by means of the ADB cable that connects it to the computer. The box then shuts down the computer when the normal shutdown message shows up on your screen. Doesn't the LC already shut itself off when you select shutdown? Peter
carsup@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Fisher Library support) (02/14/91)
In article <1991Feb13.194526.17685@portia.Stanford.EDU> calvin@portia.stanford.edu (Peter Chang) writes: [stuff deleted pertaining PowerKey] > Doesn't the LC already shut itself off when you select shutdown? > >Peter No, the Mac LC has been stressed as *NOT* a Mac II. Shutting down as a Mac II does is not a feature of the LC. Norton
hades@icefloe.dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes) (02/15/91)
calvin@portia.stanford.edu (Peter Chang) writes: >In article <6474@navy3.UUCP> porter@motcid.UUCP (Richard Porter) writes: >>The summary says most of it: Does Powerkey by Sophisticated Circuits >>work on an LC? >> >>ALso, does it really turn the power off when the "Shutdown" command >>is executed from the "Special" menu? Is so, how? >> >Yes, PowerKey does turn off your mac when you select the ShutDown item in >the Special menu. I think that it does this by intercepting the shutdown >command, by means of a cdev called PowerKey, and then it send a command >to the actual PowerKey box by means of the ADB cable that connects it to >the computer. The box then shuts down the computer when the normal >shutdown message shows up on your screen. > Doesn't the LC already shut itself off when you select shutdown? I'm not positive how the Powerkey Cdev works, but it sounds like it was designed for the Mac II line of Macintish computers, and as we can all see from its name the Mac LC is not a Mac II. The LC has a power switch located on the back right of its "nice, pleasant, rounded shell" (read.. sarcasm) that the user must switch on and off. However, the keyboard power switch does act as the programmers key in the same manner as it does on the II si. FYI: this message was posted from the LC that sits on my desk here at Dartmouth. -- [ Hades Computer Information Specialist ] [ Brian V. Hughes CALGB Central Office of the Chairman ] [ hades@Dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Dartmouth/Mary Hitchcock Medical Center ] [ Disclaimer: "I accept full responsibility....but none of the blame." ]