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From: "da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: shutting down
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:56:22 +1000
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There are at least two such programs listed in the Utilities section of
Dev T's fantastic collection of DOS links (http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/)
... a site well worth checking out!  BTW, haven't tried the two programs.

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	DONALD PEDDER [SMTP:jims_son AT jedi DOT apana DOT org DOT au]
> Sent:	Wednesday, 28 March 2001 14:40
> To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject:	shutting down
> 
> Hi all,
> 
>    I have one of these modern boxes which switches off automatically when
> you do a "shutdown" in Windows. If I try to switch it off when in DOS it
> just goes into standby mode (screen goes off, but power is still on).
> 
>    My question is, is there a way to make it act the same way in DOS? Is
> there a command I can issue similar to Windows which will switch the box
> off?
>    The only way I can currently get if off after being in DOS is to
> re-boot to Windows and do a "shutdown", or to switch it off immediately
> upon re-boot (I can switch it off while it's still under the control of
> the BIOS, but not once DOS takes over). I am reluctant to use the latter
> method as you could be switching it off while the disk is in the middle of
> a read (which wouldn't be good for the disk I imagine).
> 
>    I have DR-DOS 7.03, and various versions of MS-DOS (Win95, Win98SE).
> 
> regards,
>    DONALD - Left-Brain Extraordinaire,Right-Brain in Rehab.
> 
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