OK, neat enough demo of remote command possibilities, but limited to the mains power on-off if I understand correctly.
To be more than a one-trick pony, this setup would need to be able to boot the 128/512 as well as shut it down. How can you get around the need to push in the boot disk after power-up? I don't know of any software hacks that stop the 512 ejecting its disk on shut-down and on power-up. Maybe they exist.
Your WeMo would have to activate some kind of robotic finger to push in the disk, but how would it know the Mac was ready for the disk? I guess you could program a long delay into the relay circuits to activate the finger, because you only get one chance to turn on the WeMo. The length of the delay would depend on how much memory the Mac ROM has to test before it starts looking for the floppy disk. It's only a few seconds for a 512, but a Plus with 16Mb or more can take over a minute.
I believe my attached human finger is not yet completely obsolete :beige:
Rick
To be more than a one-trick pony, this setup would need to be able to boot the 128/512 as well as shut it down. How can you get around the need to push in the boot disk after power-up? I don't know of any software hacks that stop the 512 ejecting its disk on shut-down and on power-up. Maybe they exist.
Your WeMo would have to activate some kind of robotic finger to push in the disk, but how would it know the Mac was ready for the disk? I guess you could program a long delay into the relay circuits to activate the finger, because you only get one chance to turn on the WeMo. The length of the delay would depend on how much memory the Mac ROM has to test before it starts looking for the floppy disk. It's only a few seconds for a 512, but a Plus with 16Mb or more can take over a minute.
I believe my attached human finger is not yet completely obsolete :beige:
Rick