Don't forget that the Apple Lisa had software poweroff as well.
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George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_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:
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Jim Strickland wrote:
> > >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...
>
> >
> >
>
> -tony
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>
Received on Thu Feb 04 1999 - 22:23:55 GMT