Periodic rebooter for System 7?

#1 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 19:29 68kMLA

This is the kind of software I'm now seeking. My finds:

Keep It Up: site is down. Google apparently knows nothing about it. Wayback Machine = also nothing. (Remember the Color Classic web server?)

Cron Manager: buyware. Across irrelevant things, I found a MacWEEK article on one paid subscription based library and other which requires you to enter your postal address. I think the text won't be useful.

By preference it should reboot on anywhere between midnight and 6am.

#2 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 20:19 68kMLA

Are you able to run AppleScript? Write your own?

#3 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 20:52 68kMLA

I can code AppleScript, however if the skill is needed for the reboot script, I found a premade one.

#4 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 20:55 68kMLA

And loads of Cron utilities too, surely?

#5 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 21:00 68kMLA

These are the only ones I could find. I just know AppleScript to the extent of sending commands to applications.

I want: Cron utility or periodic rebooter.

I don't want: AppleScript tutorial.

#6 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 21:28 68kMLA

I came across a cron-like scheduler for classic Mac OS a month or few ago. I believe it is in the Info-Mac archive. Search for 'cron'

#7 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 22:03 68kMLA

I recommend writing a faceless background application that checks the system date then sends an apple event to the finder to reboot.

There are plenty of code samples for FBAs around and MPW is free.

#8 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 22:15 68kMLA

Why is it of importance to restart the mac periodically? Is it due to technical reasons like fragmented RAM, or just to keep a remote system up and running? For the latter a software was available to force an automatic restart after the system crashed (sorry, I lost the name of that programme). A scheduled restart probably would not be able to solve that issue.

#9 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 22:25 68kMLA

(Not too) remote system keeping. Let's stop discussing, I want the rebooter, no matter what's the point of using one.

#10 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 - 22:53 68kMLA

No explanation needed.

http://forums.info-mac.org/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=383&p=384

It's PPC only but it's worth the find.

(For who's curious, I will use it in future on a pre-G3 setup running HappyPlusClock, an alarm clock and MacHTTP. To keep up the old system, I will use this cron program with a reboot AppleScript)