Remote power management solutions?

[Nick Christenson]

> Has anyone seen anything like this, or built one, or have plans for building
> one?  I don't mind cobbling something together using an OTS power strip, but
> I'm trying to avoid spending hundreds of dollars if possible.

You can probably get an APC MasterSwitch that will do what you want on 
eBay for about $100.  IIRC, the interface is designed to be more human 
interactive than automated but is easily scriptable with Expect.

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Nick Christenson
npc at gangofone.com