Re: Wioreless Keyboard

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <O_ydnQGMA4NRh4nfRVn-tw@comcast.com>,
 "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

> "Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:MKUQd.1493$UN1.369@news.itd.umich.edu...
> :
> : But couldn't you have the base station short the wires when it detects the
> : reset key being pressed? Seems like a pretty big drawback to me. You'd need
> : to attatch a hardwired keyboard just to turn the comp on.
> 
> Yes, but at a much higher cost. Reset you could do that way,
> but power on would be impossible since the receiver requires
> power that it wouldn't be getting until the Mac was powered on.

The Macs that supported Soft Power would provide a trickle current 
through the ADB system I believe.  Just enough to tell if the power on 
key had been pressed.

They also apparently did the same thing with some of their USB PowerMacs 
as I can turn on my G4/533 from the power button my USB keyboard.

I think these days that most PowerMacs and the Apple LCD displays don't 
fully power down unless you have them on a power strip that you turn off 
or you unplug them.

Greg B.

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