| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Has anyone ever explored the possibility of having your Amiga system
automatically "power itself" up and down at some set time (probably
at night)? One application would be to get (or send) your private
EMAIL, UUCP postings, or ARC files unattended.
I realize one might say "why not just leave the system powered
on?", but I'm not a big fan (no pun intended) of that as the 2000
generates quite a lot of noise. There's also the issues of trusting
the current of the building, static build up, cost of electricity,
etc. Has anyone come up with a safe way to do this?
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| 3266.1 | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Thu Dec 28 1989 02:23 | 17 | ||
Why not get one of those mechanical timer doo-hickeys that plug into
the wall outlet and enable or disable the current at various times of
the day? They cost around $10, and people use them to pseudo-randomly
turn the lights on and off in different rooms when they're away.
You could then grab a copy of Nazcon off the net and run it as a
background process in your startup-sequence. Nazcron reads the
Amiga's clock every second or so, and at a preordained time will
execute any batch file you desire. You could use any terminal program
that supports scripts (or ARexx) to completely automate a session.
If you're too lazy to create a script or an Arexx macro, there are
several 'journaling' type programs that record all keystrokes and mouse
events for playback at a later time.
Ed.
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| 3266.2 | Thought of that | WILARD::BARRETT | Wait'll they get a load of me | Fri Dec 29 1989 19:52 | 9 |
RE: .-1 (Thanks)
1) I have such a timer, but have a fear that the computer might
be too sensitive for such a device and may eventually get damaged.
Too bad there isn't a "standby" power mode in the Amiga that could be
programmed to "turn on" (sort of like a computer version of a screen
saver).
2) Where can Nazcon be found? Is it better than AMICRON?
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