gross@umiami.miami.edu (JD144) (07/18/90)
Ok...real simple question here...I've looked through Inside Mac's little
descriptions of the the startup sequences and couldn't find a satisfactory
answer so I now am aksing y'all:
Can a SE be remote-booted via a card? And what kind of slot does the SE
have anyway? PDS? pre-NuBus? IM doesn't really say in the SE queries
the slot at anytimein the startup sequence. It doesthat on a Mac II,
the slot bus is polled to see if any of the cards have boot info before
it polls the internal drives and SCSI. And I've heard that the new
Mac Classic will have remote-booting code in the ROM, but can it be
done with present-day SE's?
Thanks so much... :)
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The University of Miami has a lovely fountain. oster@well.sf.ca.us (David Phillip Oster) (07/20/90)
Sure: turn the power switch on your SE on. Plug it into an X-10 socket
(available from Radio Shack for about $10.) Use the X-10's remote control
to turn the socket on. There you are. You can get X-10 remotes that use infrared
hand held controllers, or those that connect to your phone line and decode
touch tone pads.
If you want to disable remote power-off, you can spend more money, and get
an ADB power adapter (so you can control the power to your SE from the
"<|" button on your keyboard. Some firms make boxes, such as for telecomm
use, that will send out the appropriate ADB signals, if, say, a phone rings.
For network booting, I use an RS232 -> X-10 intreface box (available at
Fry's electronics or from Heathkit for about $40.00) A wrote an Appletalk
X-10 Gateway server, and an X-10 desk accessory. The desk accessory shows
a map of my home, with the X-10 equipped devices represented by icons. Click
on some, and press the "ON" button, and the D. A. sends an ATP packet to
the X-10 Gateway server, which sends it out that Mac's serial port to the
RS232 -> X-10 interface box.
Finally: :-)
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