Re: [WinMac] The word on closed powerbooks

Romeyn Prescott(prescor[at]potsdam.edu)
Mon, 20 Jul 1998 07:23:43 +0200

>>(1) The PowerBook 190 goes to sleep automatically when you shut the top
>>all the way; I'm sure that this is true of most of the other PowerBooks
>This is true for every powerbook since the 1x0's. But if you plug in an
>external keyboard, you can use the power key on that to turn it on.
>

Whoa whoa whoa...
Off (sleep) when you close the lid:
 - All Duos
 - 500 series
 - 5300/190 series
 - 1400
 - 3400/G3/Wall Street

NO ACTION when you close the lid
 - Well, everything else (basically the entire 100 series)

I have never tried turning on from an external keyboard with the lid shut,
however. I would think the mocroswitch's position would be sensed
immediately and the unit would just go back to sleep again...

>>as well, since it would be a Very Bad Thing accidentally to carry any
>>computer around while it's "live." Sleeping computers, of course, tend
>>to exhibit certain losses in performance.
>There's nothing wrong with carrying a "live" computer across a room
>or down a hall. Without a sleep mode, it would be preferable to turning
<<snip>>

When the original PowerBooks came out there was a whole lot of hoo-hah
about this. A bicycle courier in New York put any doubts to rest be
carrying a PB170 in its awake state in is backpack for the duration of a
harrowing typical drive across Manhattan. No advers effects to the PB were
noted.

>>(2) Most (all?) of the more recent PowerBooks don't support multiple or
>>additional monitors, so "caveat emptor" if you are looking to upgrade the
>>trusty old 190.
>The only powerbooks without video out are the Duos/2400 (subnotebook) and
>the 1400 (which does have video out as an expansion option). Video
>mirroring has become the standard, rather than multiple monitors, but
>with the lid closed, video mirroring is what you would want. (some of
>the cheapest 1x0's also lacked video out, but they're hardly an issue
>these days).

"extra" Monitors (additional desktop space):
 - 500 series
 - 160 & 180
 - 190
 - 1400 (I think)
 - 5300

Mirroring only (VGA connector):
 - 3400
 - G3
 - Wall Street

...ROMeyn

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