The Auto Power On/Off Control Panel lets you set your Macintosh computer to power ON or OFF at a pre-determined time, on a daily basis or for one particular day. It also has a check box labeled "Automatically restart after power failure." If you check this box and the power goes off, the computer will automatically restart. This control panel first appeared with the Macintosh Quadra 840AV computer in July, 1993.
The Auto Power On/Off Control Panel supports Macintosh computers that use the soft power off (in other words, systems that do not require you to turn the switch off) and the Cuda Microcontroller chip.
Additionally, the Control Panel works with older soft-power capable Macintosh systems that have a version of the Motorola 68HC05 microcontroller chip. Examples of these systems include the Macintosh IIsi, IIvx/IIvi, and the Color Classic.
The following is a list of Macintosh systems that work with the Auto Power On/Off Control Panel that is included with System 7.5:
* Macintosh Color Classic
* Macintosh IIsi
* Macintosh IIvx/IIvi
* Macintosh LC 630
* Macintosh LC 520
* Macintosh LC 550
* Macintosh LC 575
* Macintosh LC 580
* Macintosh LC 630
* Macintosh Quadra 630
* Macintosh Quadra 840AV
* Macintosh Quadra 900/950
* Macintosh Performa 250, 275 (Japan Only)
* Macintosh Performa 520
* Macintosh Performa 550
* Macintosh Performa 560
* Macintosh Performa 570-series
* Macintosh Performa 580-series
* Macintosh Performa 600
* Macintosh Performa 630-series
* Macintosh Performa 640-series
* Macintosh Performa 5200-series
* Macintosh Performa 5300CD-series
* Macintosh Performa 6200-series
* Macintosh Performa 6300-series
* Power Macintosh 5200/75 LC
* Power Macintosh 5300/100 LC
* Power Macintosh 5260/100
* Power Macintosh 6200/75
* Power Macintosh 7100 series including the AV models
* Power Macintosh 8100 series including the AV models
* Workgroup Server 95
* Workgroup Server 8150
* Workgroup Server 9150
You can use the Auto Power On/Off feature in conjunction with other System 7.5 features. For example, you could set your system to power on during the night and run an Apple Script that re-indexes all of your database files or backs up your hard drive.