Subject: Re: IIci powerup?
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/10/2001 16:02:45
der Mouse wrote:
> >> I've got a IIci, and [...] I'm looking for a way to make it do an
> >> unattended recovery from a power failure.
> 
> > If you push in the round power button in the back and rotate it 90
> > degrees, it'll stay pushed in - and have the machine turn back on
> > after power loss.
> 
> Excellent.  That turns out to be almost exactly what I want, and the
> differences are definitely more livable than the differences between
> what I had before and what I want.  (Ideally, I'd also be able to
> deliberately power down the machine and have it stay off.  But as I
> say, I'd much rather lose that than lose unattended recovery.)

the machine should still deliberately power down even with the button in
the locked position...are you seeing different behavior?

-colin