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From: presotto@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] secstore
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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 11:02:41 -0400
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> I'm amazed that the last equipment with a soft "stand-by" switch I've
> seen is the 3B2.  You'd think the idea would have taken root a long
> time ago.  APM looks a lot like it, but I'm not up to date with
> technology (I don't think I've ever been and it's getting
> progressively more difficult even to keep the front runners in sight).

Despite its size, I'm hopeful for the ACPI spec. It leaves
everything open (as in public, not GPL) enough to make
universal power management possible by tiny players like Plan 9.
Now, all I have to do is find the month and a half free
to implement it.  I wish it were simpler...