tenorsax@e40-008-8.MIT.EDU (Christian Kurz) (11/23/90)
I have definite ideas of how to make a little box that will allow you to turn your beloved Mac (or any computer for that matter) on or off from over the phone. Wherever you are, you just call home, enter a code via the phone keypad and then a command (either on or off) and it will turn the power to the computer on or off. It will hook into the phone line (before your phone, modem, answering machine or what not) and plug into the wall. A power outlet on the box then takes the computer power plug. This will only work for non-MacII's, i.e. Macs that don't turn on by pressing the little triangle-button on the keyboard, but can be modified easily to work for those also. The box should not interfere with any other device on the phone line. For all the box knows, a coffeemaker looks exactly like a computer, so you can also turn on your coffeemaker at home from your office, for instance. Does anybody know of the existence of such a thing (in which case I would not bother building one)? Is there some interest? Don't quote me on this yet! I have the circuit worked out pretty much, but I might still decide not to do it, if I discover a major problem I haven't seen so far. Write to me, tenorsax@athena.mit.edu
wolfson@amtfocus.UUCP (Steve Wolfson) (11/27/90)
In <1990Nov22.161822.11353@athena.mit.edu> tenorsax@e40-008-8.MIT.EDU (Christian Kurz) writes: >I have definite ideas of how to make a little box that will allow you to >turn your beloved Mac (or any computer for that matter) on or off from over the >phone. Wherever you are, you just call home, enter a code via the phone keypad >and then a command (either on or off) and it will turn the power to the >computer on or off. It will hook into the phone line (before your phone, modem, >Does anybody know of the existence of such a thing (in which case I would not Black Box has a tone activated power switch as well as numerous other nifty little gadgets for doing all those wierd things that computer manufacturer's don't seem to do. Catalog Requests: Black Box Inc. P.O. Box 12800 Pittsburgh, PA. 15241-9980 Order # (412) 746-5530 Tech Support (412) 746-5565 - Steve Wolfson Motorola Inc. wolfson@mot.com