Posted by Michael Bobroski on September 22, 1999 at 18:37:35:
In Reply to: Re: Looking for ideas on PC power. posted by Torgo on September 22, 1999 at 15:40:31:
Also along this line of starting up the PC, a few
of motherboards also have 'Power up w/ the double
click of a PS/2 mouse button'.. These are all
option you will find in either your BIOS menu or
your motherboard manual.
Unfortunately, I have serial mice devices, so I can't
use this function -- I simply extended the length of
my wires, and attached a microswitch to the front of
my machine, in similar fashion to Mr. Salty.
-Mike
: Well, this probably won't help you, but for those still trying to decide what hardware to buy...
: Many new ATX motherboards support a "power-on from spacebar" feature, and fortunately, mame uses the spacebar (player 1, button three by default). Since I bet any of us with keyboard encoders or keyboard hacks, already have a button wired to be spacebar, all you gotta do is hit button three and the computer fires up.
: You should check your motherboard's manual if you have an ATX board. Mine just required a single jumper to be switched to enable this feature.