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HD spin down available in OS7?

68kMLA OS 9 4 posts Feb 26, 2011 to Feb 26, 2011

#1 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 - 02:59 68kMLA

OS9 supports HD spin down via the tool bar / task bar.

1. What was the earliest OS that included this feature?

2. Is a control panel available to do it in System 7?

Tnx.

#2 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 - 03:06 68kMLA

FWIW, the disk in my powerbook 540c spins down. It is currently running System 7.5.3. I believe there is an energy saver control panel for it.

#3 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 - 03:48 68kMLA

There is also a control strip module that does this that will work in System 7. I'm not sure how old of a 7 but I've seen it work on a powerbook 165.

#4 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 - 06:19 68kMLA

Sleeper works well:

http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/sleeper

There is even a version that works on system 6:

http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/system.extensions/cdev/sleeper1.02.sit.hqx