I am a new subscriber, so bare with me if this isn't exactly the right place to ask this... but since it is for a network solution, it seemed as good of a place as any:
Does anyone know a way to boot a soft power Mac without having a keyboard attached? I have an old LC520 that I have converted into a large music on hold music player (got tired of burning out CD players from 24x7 playing). I have Timbuktu installed on it, so I can admin it from across the network. I can use it thru Timbuktu without having a keyboard and mouse attached... but since it is a soft power mac, if there is a power failure, I can't turn it back on without the powerkey from the keyboard. I am hoping for some kind of a simple, next to free solution (yes, I know, I can put it on a UPS, but I don't have one available at the moment, and I am trying to spend as little money as possible on this setup). Does anyone know if it is possible to do something like wire a switch to particular pins in the ADB port and use that as a power switch? Or does anyone know of a program that will cause the Mac to reboot when it looses power (its running 7.5.5, I know for some machines there is an option in the engery saver control panel to reboot on power failure, but this one doesn't seem to have that option... nor does it seem to support the Engery Saver control panel) Thanks for any ideas -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
